2E+WIn relation to any time before the coming into force of section 38 of the M1Adoption Act 1976, the reference in section 1(2) of this Act to Part IV of that Act shall be construed as a reference to Schedule 1 to the M2Children Act 1975.
3E+WIn relation to any time before the coming into force of section 18 of the M3Adoption Act 1976, any reference—
(a)in section 7(1) of or paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to this Act; or
(b)in section 9(2) or 10(3) of the 1971 Act as substituted by this Act,
to or to subsection (7) of the said section 18 shall be construed as a reference to or to subsection (8) of section 14 of the M4Children Act 1975.
4E+WIn relation to any time before the coming into force of section 72(1) of the Adoption Act 1976, any reference in section 7(2) of or paragraph 68 of Schedule 2 to this Act to the said section 72(1) shall be construed as a reference to section 107(1) of the Children Act 1975.
5E+WIn relation to any time before the coming into force of section 42 of the Adoption Act 1976, the reference in section 19 of this Act to the said section 42 shall be construed as a reference to paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1975.