SCHEDULE 3Application and modification of the 1987 Order in respect of parental orders and applications for such orders

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Article 40(1), (2), (3), (4) and (6)30 (status conferred by adoption) has effect as if—

a

for the words “an adopted child” in each place they appear there were substituted “a child who is the subject of a parental order”;

b

in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), there were substituted—

as if he had been born as a child of the persons who obtained the parental order under section 54 of the 2008 Act or the person who obtained the parental order under section 54A of that Act

c

for paragraph (2) there were substituted—

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A child who is the subject of a parental order shall be treated in law as if that child were not the child of any person other than the persons who obtained the parental order under section 54 of the 2008 Act or the person who obtained the parental order under section 54A of that Act.

d

for paragraph (3) there were substituted—

Paragraph (2) (as applied with modifications by regulation 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Parental Order Regulations) does not apply so as to prevent a child who is the subject of a parental order from continuing to be treated as the child of a person who was in law the child’s parent before the order was made for the purposes of the Table in Article 18(1) of the Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 198431 or for the purposes of Schedule 12 to the Civil Partnerships Act 200432

e

in paragraph (6)—

i

in each place that the word “adoption” appears, there were substituted “parental order was made”;

ii

after “Article” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Parental Order Regulations); and

iii

the words “Subject to the provisions of this Part” and “, or after the commencement of this Part, whichever is the later” were omitted.