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Chapter 3 Placement for adoption and adoption orders
Placement of children by adoption agency for adoption
Removal of children who are or may be placed by adoption agencies
Disclosure of information in relation to a person’s adoption
Chapter 6 Adoptions with a foreign element
Part 2 Amendments of the Children Act 1989
Part 3 Miscellaneous and final provisions
Other miscellaneous provisions
132. Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978: contravention of sections 30 to 36 of this Act
133. Scottish restriction on bringing children into or out of United Kingdom
134. Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978: overseas adoptions
137. Extension of the Hague Convention to British overseas territories
SCHEDULES
Minor and consequential amendments
2.In subsection (1), for “person or persons specified in subsection...
3.For subsection (1A) there is substituted— (1A) The appropriate persons...
4.For subsection (1B) there is substituted— (1B) In this section—...
5.In subsection (2), for “The last foregoing subsection” there is...
7.In section 10A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act...
10.In section 64 (financial assistance by the Secretary of State...
11.In section 65 (financial and other assistance by local authorities...
13.In section 7D (default powers of Secretary of State as...
14.In Schedule 1 (enactments conferring functions assigned to social services...
18.In section 6 (dispositions depending on date of birth), at...
22.In section 11 (restriction on arranging adoptions and placing of...
24.In section 29 (return of children taken away in breach...
25.In section 45 (Adopted Children Register)— (a) in subsection (6)(d),...
26.In section 47 (annulment etc. of overseas adoptions), in subsection...
27.In section 50 (restriction on removal of children for adoption...
29.In section 53 (effect of determination and orders made in...
30.After section 53 there is inserted— Effect of certain orders...
31.In section 54 (evidence of adoption in England, Wales and...
32.In section 56 (authorised courts), in subsection (3), for “Great...
33.In section 59 (rules of procedure)— (a) in subsection (2)—...
34.In section 60 (orders, rules and regulations), after subsection (3)...
43.(1) The Schedule to that Act (modifications of section 1...
48.In section 2 (jurisdiction: general), after subsection (2) there is...
49.In section 57 (declarations as to adoptions effected overseas)—
51.In section 1 (general principle), for paragraph (c) of subsection...
52.In section 19 (dispositions of property), in subsection (5), after...
53.The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22))
55.In section 8 (residence, contact and other orders with respect...
57.In section 12 (residence orders and parental responsibility), in subsection...
58.In section 16 (family assistance orders), in subsection (2)(a), for...
59.In section 20 (provision of accommodation for children: general), in...
60.In section 24 (persons qualifying for advice and assistance)—
61.In section 24A (advice and assistance for qualifying persons)—
62.In section 24B (assistance with employment, education and training), in...
64.In section 34 (parental contact etc. with children in care)—...
65.In section 80 (inspection of children’s homes by persons authorised...
66.In section 81 (inquiries), in subsection (1), paragraph (b) is...
67.In section 88 (amendments of adoption legislation), subsection (1) is...
69.In section 102 (power of constable to assist in exercise...
72.In Schedule 2, in paragraph 19 (arrangements by local authorities...
73.In Schedule 8 (privately fostered children), in paragraph 5, for...
77.In section 27 (meaning of mother), in subsection (2), for...
78.In section 28 (meaning of father), in subsection (5)(c), for...
79.In section 30 (parental orders in favour of gamete donors),...
83.In subsection (3), in paragraph (a), for “section 18 (freeing...
84.In subsection (6), in paragraph (b), for the words from...
90.In subsection (2), for the words from “has been freed”...
92.In subsection (3), for the definition of “adoption order”, there...
96.Section 2 of that Act (accredited bodies) is amended as...
97.In subsection (2A)— (a) for the words from the beginning...
98.For subsection (5) there is substituted— (5) In this section,...
99.In subsection (6)— (a) the words “in its application to...
100.Section 14 (restriction on bringing children into the United Kingdom...
101.In section 16(1) (devolution: Wales), the words “, or section...
104.In section 4 (basic definitions), in subsection (7), for “the...
105.At the end of section 5 (registration authorities) there is...
106.In section 11 (requirement to register), in subsection (3), for...
107.In section 14 (2) (offences conviction of which may result...
108.In section 16(2) (power to make regulations providing that no...
109.In section 22(10) (disapplication of power to make regulations in...
110.In section 23 (standards), at the end of subsection (4)(d)...
111.In section 31 (inspections by authorised persons), in subsection (3)(b),...
113.In section 46 (inspections: supplementary), in subsection (7)(c), for “section...
114.In section 48 (regulation of fostering functions), at the end...
115.In section 55(2)(b) (definition of “social care worker”), for “or...
116.In section 121 (general interpretation)— (a) in subsection (1), in...
117.In Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraph 27(b) is...
118.The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43)
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