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PART 14PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATIONS IN ADOPTION, PLACEMENT AND RELATED PROCEEDINGS

Amendment and revocation of orders

14.27.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an application under—

(a)section 55 of the 2002 Act(1) (revocation of adoptions on legitimation); or

(b)paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the 2002 Act (amendment of adoption order and revocation of direction),

may be made without serving a copy of the application notice.

(2) The court may direct that an application notice be served on such persons as it thinks fit.

(3) Where the court makes an order granting the application, a court officer will send the Registrar General a notice—

(a)specifying the amendments; or

(b)informing the Registrar General of the revocation,

giving sufficient particulars of the order to enable the Registrar General to identify the case.

(1)

Section 55 was amended by section 109(1) of and paragraph 412 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003.