13. Notwithstanding the repeal of the provisions of the 1976 Act set out in Schedule 5 to the 2002 Act, in the case of a person adopted before the appointed day—
(a)the Agencies Regulations 1983 shall continue to have effect in so far as they relate to the retention, storage, transfer and disclosure of information in relation to that person’s adoption; and
(b)section 9 of the 1976 Act shall continue to have effect for the purposes of amending or revoking those Regulations.
14.—(1) Notwithstanding the repeal of the provisions of the 1976 Act set out in Schedule 5 to the 2002 Act, the 1976 Act shall continue to have effect for the purpose of its application, with such modifications (if any) as may be specified in regulations under section 30(9) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990(1), in relation to orders under section 30 of that Act and applications for such orders.
(2) In regulation 2 (application of Adoption Act 1976 provisions with modifications to parental orders and applications for such orders) of the Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) Regulations 1994(2), for “as they have effect” substitute “as they had effect, prior to 30th December 2005,”.
(3) In article 2(o) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2005(3), for “67 to 81” substitute “67 to 78, 80, 81”.
15. The repeal of the provisions of the 1976 Act set out in Schedule 5 to the 2002 Act shall not affect the operation of the Local Authority Adoption Service (England) Regulations 2003(4).
16. The repeal of the provisions of the 1976 Act set out in Schedule 5 to the 2002 Act shall not affect the operation of Parts 1 to 4 of the Voluntary Adoption Agencies and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003(5).