- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (01/11/1996)
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(1)An adoption order is an order vesting the parental [F1responsibilities and parental rights in relation] to a child in the adopters, made on their application by an authorised court.
(2)The order does not affect the parental [F2responsibilities and parental rights] so far as they relate to any period before the making of the order.
(3)The making of an adoption order operates to extinguish—
(a)any parental [F3responsibility or parental right] relating to the child which immediately before the making of the order was vested in a person (not being one of the adopters) who was—
(i)a parent of the child, or
(ii)a F4 . . . guardian of the child appointed by a deed or by the order of a court;
(b)any duty owed to F5. . . the child—
(i)to pay or provide aliment in respect of any period occurring after the making of the order;
(ii)to make any payment arising out of parental [F6responsibilities and parental rights] in respect of such a period.
(4)Nothing in subsection (3) shall F7. . .
extinguish any duty arising under a deed or agreement which constitutes a trust or which expressly provides that the duty is not to be extinguished by the making of an adoption order;
F8(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)An adoption order may not be made in relation to a child who is or has been married.
(6)An adoption order may contain such terms and conditions as the court thinks fit.
(7)An adoption order may be made notwithstanding that the child is already an adopted child.
[F9(8)An adoption order shall not be made in relation to a child of or over the age of 12 years unless with the child’s consent; except that, where the court is satisfied that the child is incapable of giving his consent to the making of the order, it may dispense with that consent.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 12(1) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 98(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(a)(i) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch.
F2Words in s. 12(2) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 98(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(b) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch.
F3Words in s. 12(3)(a) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 98(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(c)(i) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch.
F4Words in s. 12(3)(a)(ii) repealed (25.9.1991) by Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 50, SIF 49:8), ss. 10, 11(2), Sch. 2 (with s. 1(3))
F5Words in s. 12(3)(b) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(5), Sch. 5 (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch. Table
F6Words in s. 12(3)(b) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 98(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(c)(ii) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch.
F7The word “(a)” in s. 12(4) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(5), Sch. 5 (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch. Table
F8S. 12(4)(b) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(5), Sch. 5 (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch. Table
F9S. 12(8) substituted (25.9.1991) by Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 50,SIF 49:8), ss. 2(3)(a), 11(2) (with s. 1(3))
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