Part 1

Adoption
Chapter 4

Status of Adopted Children

Adoptive relatives
68
1
A relationship existing by virtue of section 67 may be referred to as an adoptive relationship, and—
a
an adopter may be referred to as an adoptive parent or (as the case may be) as an adoptive father or adoptive mother,
b
any other relative of any degree under an adoptive relationship may be referred to as an adoptive relative of that degree.
2
Subsection (1) does not affect the interpretation of any reference, not qualified by the word “adoptive”, to a relationship.
3
A reference (however expressed) to the adoptive mother and father of a child adopted by—
a
a couple of the same sex, or
b
a partner of the child’s parent, where the couple are of the same sex,
is to be read as a reference to the child’s adoptive parents.
S. 68 in force at 30.12.2005 by S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(d) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2005/2897, arts. 3-16)
S. 68(3) applied (with modifications) (6.4.2010) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/985), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1