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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018

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Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978

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7.—(1) In section 39 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978(1) (status conferred by adoption)—

(a)a reference to an adoption order in each place it occurs is to be read as including a reference to a parental order made under section 54 or section 54A of the 2008 Act; and

(b)a reference to an adopter is to be read as including a reference to any of the persons, or the person, who obtained a parental order in respect of the child.

(2) In subsection (2) the reference to a child who has been adopted by one of his natural parents is to be read as including a reference to a child who is the subject of a parental order granted to one of that child’s natural parents.

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1978 c. 28. Section 39 was amended by section 97 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2). Other amendments have been made, but those amendments are not relevant to this instrument

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