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Valid from 20/04/2009
Valid from 28/09/2009
In section 11 of the 1995 Act (court orders relating to parental responsibilities etc.), in subsection (3)—
(a)in paragraph (a), sub-paragraph (iii) is repealed,
(b)after that paragraph insert—
“(aa)that application for a contact order is made with the leave of the court by a person whose parental responsibilities or parental rights in relation to the child were extinguished on the making of an adoption order;
(ab)that application for an order under subsection (1) above (other than a contact order) is made by a person who has had, but for a reason other than is mentioned in subsection (4) below, no longer has, parental responsibilities or parental rights in relation to the child;”, and
(c)in paragraph (b), for “such application” substitute “ application for an order under subsection (1) above ”.