SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Minor and consequential amendments

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In Schedule 1 (enactments conferring functions assigned to social services committee)—

a

the entry relating to the Adoption Act 1976 is omitted,

b

in the entry relating to the Children Act 1989, after “Consent to application for residence order in respect of child in care” there is inserted “ Functions relating to special guardianship orders ”,

c

in the entry relating to the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999—

i

in the first column, for “Section” there is substituted “ Sections 1 and ”,

ii

in the second column, for “Article 9(a) to (c) of” there is substituted “ regulations made under section 1 giving effect to ” and at the end there is inserted “ and functions under Article 9(a) to (c) of the Convention ”,

and at the end of the Schedule there is inserted—

Adoption and Children Act 2002

Maintenance of Adoption Service; functions of local authority as adoption agency.