Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 in force at 23.1.2003 for E.W. by S.I. 2003/189, art. 2(1)(a)
I2Sch. 1 in force at 1.6.2003 for S. by S.S.I. 2003/121, art. 2(h)
Prospective
1E+W+SThe recognition of an adoption includes recognition of
(a)the legal parent-child relationship between the child and his or her adoptive parents;
(b)parental responsibility of the adoptive parents for the child;
(c)the termination of a pre-existing legal relationship between the child and his or her mother and father, if the adoption has this effect in the Contracting State where it was made.