Transitional provision4
Sections 137(1) and 138 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 6 to, the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 are to continue to have effect for the purposes of an application under the following sections of the Adoption Act 19764—
a
section 20 (revocation of a section 18 order);
b
section 27(1) or (2) (restriction on removal of child where adoption pending or application made under section 18); and
c
section 29 (return of child taken away in breach of section 27).