Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990U.K.
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16. In Sections 27(2) (meaning of mother) and 28(5)(c) (meaning of father) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990(1) any reference to adoption is to be read as including a reference to the effect of a parental order under section 54 or section 54A of the 2008 Act.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 16 in force at 21.12.2018, see reg. 1(1)
(1)
1990 c. 37. Section 27 was amended by paragraph 77 to Schedule 3 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002. Section 28(5)(c) was amended by paragraph 78 of Schedule 3 to that Act.