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SCHEDULE 10Amendments of Adoption Legislation

Part IIAmendments of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 28)

44In section 53(1) (effect of determination and orders made in England and Wales and overseas in adoption proceedings)—

(a)in subsection (1) for the words “Great Britain” there shall be substituted “the United Kingdom”; and

(b)for subsection (2) there shall be substituted—

(2)Subsections (2) to (4) of section 12 shall apply in relation to an order freeing a child for adoption (other than an order under section 18) as if it were an adoption order; and on the revocation in England and Wales or Northern Ireland of an order freeing a child for adoption subsection (3) of section 20 shall apply as if the order had been revoked under that section.