2000 No. 52 (C. 1)

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2000

Made

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(3) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 19991, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2000.

2

In this Order “the Act” means the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999.

Appointed day2

31st January 2000 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 13 (construction of certain references in 1976 and 1978 Acts) of the Act in so far as it inserts a new subsection (3A) after subsection (3) of section 72 of the Adoption Act 19762.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John HuttonMinister of State,Department of Health

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 31st January 2000 section 13 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 in so far as it inserts a new subsection (3A) into section 72 of the Adoption Act 1976. Section 72(3) interprets making arrangements for the adoption of a child for the purposes of the 1976 Act and subsection (3A) provides that making arrangements for adoption includes arrangements for an assessment for the purpose of indicating whether or not a person is suitable to adopt a child.