This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
After subsection (6) of section 3 of the 1976 Act (approval of adoption societies) there shall be inserted—
“(6A)Approval under this section may be given on terms that the applicant may act as an adoption society either—
(a)in relation to facilities provided in respect of adoptions other than those mentioned in subsection (6B); or
(b)in relation to facilities provided in respect of any adoptions, including those so mentioned.
(6B)The adoptions are—
(a)a Convention adoption;
(b)an adoption effected by a Convention adoption order;
(c)an overseas adoption;
(d)an adoption of a child habitually resident in the British Islands which is not a Convention adoption and is effected under the law of a country or territory outside the British Islands; and
(e)an adoption of a child habitually resident outside the British Islands which is effected by an adoption order other than a Convention adoption order.”
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