Children Act 1975

Adoption Act 1968 (c. 53)

61 In section 8(2)—

(a) for the words "form set out in Schedule 1 to the Act of 1958, as modified by this subsection " there are substituted the words " form specified for the purposes of this subsection in regulations made by the Registrar General under section 21 of the Act of 1958 "; and

(b) the words from " and for the purposes" to the end are repealed.

62 In section 8(5)—

(a) for paragraph (b) there is substituted—

“(b) for the references to section 21 of the Act of 1958 there shall be substituted references to section 23 of that Act;”;

(b) paragraph (c) is repealed ;

(c) for paragraph (d) there is substituted—

“(c) in subsection (4), for the reference to section 14 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 there shall be substituted a reference to section 20(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (which provides for re-registration of births in certain cases).”

63 In section 9(5), for the words "a specified order or an overseas adoption" there are substituted the words "or a specified order".

64 In section 11(1)—

(a) for the definition of "adoption order" there is substituted the following definition—

• “"adoption order" means an order made under section 8 of the Children Act 1975 as a Convention adoption order;”;

(b) in the definition of "specified order" for the words "section 1 of this Act" there are substituted the words "sections 8(1) and 24 of the Children Act 1975".

65 In section 12(2), for the words from "made by virtue of" to "any of those provisions)" there are substituted the words "containing rules made by the Lord Chancellor under subsection (1) of this section".