SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Transitional Provisions and Savings

References to provisions of Adoption Act 1976 and Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978

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If at the commencement of this Act any provision of the M1Adoption Act 1976 or the M2Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 referred to in this Act is not in force, then any reference in this Act to that provision shall, until that provision is in force, be construed as a reference to the enactment for which that provision, when it is in force, will be substituted.