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PART II ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADOPTION
PART IV CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AWAITING ADOPTION
PART VI REGISTRATION, AMENDMENT AND REVOCATION OF ADOPTION ORDERS
SCHEDULES
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
1.Where any period of time specified in a statutory provision repealed by this Order is...
2.Sub‐para. (1) rep. 1995 NI 2 (2) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 52, shall...
3.Any register, or index to a register, kept under the Adoption Act (Northern Ireland) 1967,...
4.(1) Article 40— (a) does not apply to an existing instrument or statutory provision in...
5.The reference in Article 58(1) to an order under Article 57 includes an order under...
6.The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect without prejudice to sections 28 and 29...
7.In this Schedule “commencement date” for the purpose of any provision of this Schedule, means...
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