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These Rules amend the Adoption Rules 1984 which regulate adoption matters in the High Court and the county courts.
The amendments have four purposes. First, they update references, including references to Acts which are superseded by the Adoption Act 1976.
Secondly, they make amendments consequential upon the Children Act 1989. This second category consists mainly of changes of terminology in the law relating to children affected by the 1989 Act.
Thirdly, they permit the proper officer to refer an application for an adoption order to the district judge, rather than to the judge, for directions on preliminary matters.
Fourthly, they replace the term “illegitimate child” wherever it previously appeared in these rules.
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