67Status conferred by the grant of a parental order

1

A person to whom a parental order applies is to be treated in law as the child of the person or persons (as the case may be) who obtained that order, and, if more than one person, is to be treated as the child of the relationship of those persons.

2

A person to whom a parental order applies is to be treated in law as not being the child of any person other than the person or persons (as the case may be) who obtained that order, but this subsection does not affect any reference in this Act to a person’s natural parent or to any other natural relationship.

3

Where a parental order is granted under section 54A of the 2008 Act to a person who is a natural parent of the person to whom the order applies, subsection (2) has no effect as respects entitlement to property depending on relationship to that parent, or as respects anything else depending on that relationship.

4

This section has effect from the date of the parental order.

5

Subject to the provisions of this Chapter as applied with modifications by regulation 2 of and Schedule 1 to the Parental Order Regulations, this section—

a

applies for the interpretation of enactments or instruments passed or made before as well as after the making of the parental order, and so applies subject to any contrary indication, and

b

has effect as respects things done, or events occurring, on or after the making of the parental order.