SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 10Amendments of Adoption Legislation
Part IAmendments of Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36)
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1
In section 22 (notification to local authority of adoption application), after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsections—
1A
An application for such an adoption order shall not be made unless the person wishing to make the application has, within the period of two years preceding the making of the application, given notice as mentioned in subsection (1).
1B
In subsections (1) and (1A) the references to the area in which the applicant or person has his home are references to the area in which he has his home at the time of giving the notice.
2
In subsection (4) of that section for the word “receives” there shall be substituted “receive” and for the words “in the care of” there shall be substituted “looked after by”.