Convention adoptions – sections 3 to 8
Section 3. Convention adoption orders
22.Section 3 provides for the substitution of section 17 of the 1976 and 1978 Acts with a new power enabling the Secretary of State to make regulations for Convention adoption orders. A Convention adoption order is an adoption order which is made in England and Wales or Scotland under the Convention as a Convention adoption order under section 17. It is envisaged that new regulations will be made which will modify existing jurisdictional requirements in order to comply with the Convention.