(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 31st January 2000 section 13 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 in so far as it inserts a new subsection (3A) into section 72 of the Adoption Act 1976. Section 72(3) interprets making arrangements for the adoption of a child for the purposes of the 1976 Act and subsection (3A) provides that making arrangements for adoption includes arrangements for an assessment for the purpose of indicating whether or not a person is suitable to adopt a child.