Modifications of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
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5. In the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(1)—
(a)the definition of the expression “order freeing a child for adoption” in article 2 (interpretation), and
(b)paragraph (1)(a) of article 16 (parental agreement),
each has effect as if the reference to a child free for adoption by virtue of an order under section 18 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 were a reference to a child subject to a relevant Scottish permanence order.
(1)