Valid from 30/12/2005
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84U.K.In subsection (6), in paragraph (b), for the words from the beginning to “Adoption Act 1976” there is substituted—
“(b)he becomes the subject of an adoption order within the meaning of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978;
(bb)an adoption agency, within the meaning of section 2 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, is authorised to place him for adoption under section 19 of that Act (placing children with parental consent) or he becomes the subject of an order under section 21 of that Act (placement orders) or under section 84 of that Act (giving parental responsibility prior to adoption abroad)”.