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Section 147
In this Act, the expressions listed in the left-hand column below have the meaning given by, or are to be interpreted in accordance with, the provisions of this Act or (where stated) of the 1989 Act [F1or the 2014 Act] listed in the right-hand column.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 6 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 198(a)
Expression | Provision |
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the 1989 Act | section 2(5) |
[F2the 2014 Act | section 2(5)] |
Adopted Children Register | section 77 |
Adoption and Children Act Register | section 125 |
adoption (in relation to Chapter 4 of Part 1) | section 66 |
adoption agency | section 2(1) |
adoption agency placing a child for adoption | section 18(5) |
Adoption Contact Register | section 80 |
adoption order | section 46(1) |
Adoption Service | section 2(1) |
adoption society | section 2(5) |
adoption support agency | section 8 |
adoption support services | section 2(6) |
appointed day (in relation to Chapter 4 of Part 1) | section 66(2) |
appropriate Minister | section 144 |
Assembly | section 144 |
body | section 144 |
by virtue of | section 144 |
care order | section 105(1) of the 1989 Act |
child | sections 49(5) and 144 |
[F3child arrangements order | section 8(1) of the 1989 Act] |
child assessment order | section 43(2) of the 1989 Act |
child in the care of a local authority | section 105(1) of the 1989 Act |
[F4child looked after by a local authority (in relation to a local authority in England) | section 22 of the 1989 Act] |
[F4child looked after by a local authority (in relation to a local authority in Wales) | section 74 of the 2014 Act] |
child placed for adoption by an adoption agency | section 18(5) |
child to be adopted, adopted child | section 49(5) |
consent (in relation to making adoption orders or placing for adoption) | section 52 |
the Convention | section 144 |
Convention adoption | section 66(1)(c) |
Convention adoption order | section 144 |
Convention country | section 144 |
couple | section 144(4) |
court | section 144 |
disposition (in relation to Chapter 4 of Part 1) | section 73 |
enactment | section 144 |
fee | section 144 |
guardian | section 144 |
information | section 144 |
interim care order | section 38 of the 1989 Act |
local authority | section 144 |
[F5local authority foster parent | section 105(1) of the 1989 Act] |
Northern Irish adoption agency | section 144 |
Northern Irish adoption order | section 144 |
notice | section 144 |
notice of intention to adopt | section 44(2) |
overseas adoption | section 87 |
parental responsibility | section 3 of the 1989 Act |
partner, in relation to a parent of a child | section 144(7) |
placement order | section 21 |
placing, or placed, for adoption | sections 18(5) and 19(4) |
prohibited steps order | section 8(1) of the 1989 Act |
records (in relation to Chapter 5 of Part 1) | section 82 |
registered adoption society | section 2(2) |
registers of live-births (in relation to Chapter 5 of Part 1) | section 82 |
registration authority (in Part 1) | section 144 |
regulations | section 144 |
relative | section 144, read with section 1(8) |
F6. . . | F6. . . |
rules | section 144 |
Scottish adoption agency | section 144(3) |
Scottish adoption order | section 144 |
specific issue order | section 8(1) of the 1989 Act |
subordinate legislation | section 144 |
supervision order | section 31(11) of the 1989 Act |
unitary authority | section 144 |
voluntary organisation | section 2(5) |
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 6 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 198(b)
F3Words in Sch. 6 inserted (22.4.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 2 para. 65(2); S.I. 2014/889, art. 4(f) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/1042, arts. 3, 4, 6-10)
F4Words in Sch. 6 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 198(c)
F5Words in Sch. 6 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 198(d)
F6Words in Sch. 6 omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 2 para. 65(3); S.I. 2014/889, art. 4(f) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/1042, arts. 3, 4, 6-10)
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