Children Act 1989

3 (1) In section 12 (adoption orders), in subsection (1) for the words “vesting the parental rights and duties relating to a child in” there shall be substituted “giving parental responsibility for a child to”.

(2) In subsection (2) of that section for the words “the parental rights and duties so far as they relate” there shall be substituted “parental responsibility so far as it relates”.

(3) In subsection (3) of that section for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—

“(a) the parental responsibility which any person has for the child immediately before the making of the order;

(aa) any order under the Children Act 1989”;

and in paragraph (b) for the words from “for any period” to the end there shall be substituted “or upbringing for any period after the making of the order.”