http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/38/section/69/enactedAdoption and Children Act 2002DisclosureAdoptionKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2021-08-03 Adoption and Children Act 2002s. 4AChildren and Families Act 2014s. 5s. 139(6)Adoption and Children Act 2002s. 141(7)Children, Schools and Families Act 2010Sch. 3 para. 13s. 21(8) 27s. 29(4)(b) Part 1Chapter 4 69 1 The rules of interpretation contained in this section apply (subject to any contrary indication and to Schedule 4) to any instrument so far as it contains a disposition of property. 2 In applying section 67(1) and (2) to a disposition which depends on the date of birth of a child or children of the adoptive parent or parents, the disposition is to be interpreted as if— a the adopted person had been born on the date of adoption, b two or more people adopted on the same date had been born on that date in the order of their actual births; but this does not affect any reference to a person’s age. 3 Examples of phrases in wills on which subsection (2) can operate are— Children of A “living at my death or born afterwards”. Children of A “living at my death or born afterwards before any one of such children for the time being in existence attains a vested interest and who attain the age of 21 years”. As in example 1 or 2, but referring to grandchildren of A instead of children of A. A for life “until he has a child”, and then to his child or children. Note. Subsection (2) will not affect the reference to the age of 21 years in example 2. 4 Section 67(3) does not prejudice— a any qualifying interest, or b any interest expectant (whether immediately or not) upon a qualifying interest. “Qualifying interest” means an interest vested in possession in the adopted person before the adoption. 5 Where it is necessary to determine for the purposes of a disposition of property effected by an instrument whether a woman can have a child— a it must be presumed that once a woman has attained the age of 55 years she will not adopt a person after execution of the instrument, and b if she does so, then (in spite of section 67) that person is not to be treated as her child or (if she does so as one of a couple) as the child of the other one of the couple for the purposes of the instrument. 6 In this section, “instrument” includes a private Act settling property, but not any other enactment.