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1In section 2 of the Children Act 1958, for subsection (4A) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(4A)A child is not a foster child for the purposes of this Act while he is placed in the care and possession of a person who proposes to adopt him under arrangements made by such an adoption agency as is referred to in section 1 of the Adoption Act 1976 or section 1 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 or while he is a protected child within the meaning of section 32 of the said Act of 1978.”
2In section 6(1)(f) of the said Act of 1958, for the words from " Act 1958 " to " removal" there shall be substituted the words " Act 1958 or section 34 of the Adoption Act 1976 or section 34 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 for the removal ".
3In section 17 of the said Act of 1958, for the definition of " relative " there shall be substituted the words " " relative " has the same meaning as in the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 ".
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