SCHEDULE 2 U.K.Application and modification of the 2007 Act in relation to parental orders and applications for such orders

27.  Section 119(1)(1) (interpretation) has effect as if— U.K.

(a) after “this Act,” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Parental Order Regulations)”;

(b) in the definition of “the 2002 Act” after “Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c.38)” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 2 of and Schedule 1 to the Parental Order Regulations)”;

(c) after the definition of “the 2002 Act” there were inserted—

““the 2008 Act” means the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c.22),”;

(d) in the definition of “the Northern Ireland Order” after “(S.I. 1987/2203)” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Parental Order Regulations)”;

(e) for the definition of “applicant” there were substituted—

““applicant has the meaning given by section 54 or section 54A of the 2008 Act, as the case may be,” and

(f) after the definition of “overseas adoption” there were inserted—

““parental order” means either an order under section 54 (parental orders) or section 54A (parental orders: one applicant) of the 2008 Act;

“Parental Order Regulations” means the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018,”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 27 in force at 21.12.2018, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Section 119 was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8).