Children Act 1989

8 (1) In section 20 (revocation of section 18 order), in subsections (1) and (2) for the words “the parental rights and duties”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted “parental responsibility”.

(2) For subsection (3) of that section there shall be substituted—

“(3) The revocation of an order under section 18 (“a section 18 order”) operates—

(a) to extinguish the parental responsibility given to the adoption agency under the section 18 order;

(b) to give parental responsibility for the child to—

(i) the child’s mother; and

(ii) where the child’s father and mother were married to each other at the time of his birth, the father; and

(c) to revive—

(i) any parental responsibility agreement,

(ii) any order under section 4(1) of the Children Act 1989, and

(iii) any appointment of a guardian in respect of the child (whether made by a court or otherwise),

extinguished by the making of the section 18 order.

(3A) Subject to subsection (3)(c), the revocation does not–

(a) operate to revive—

(i) any order under the Children Act 1989, or

(ii) any duty referred to in section 12(3)(b),

extinguished by the making of the section 18 order; or

(b) affect any person’s parental responsibility so far as it relates to the period between the making of the section 18 order and the date of revocation of that order.”