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Part IV Status of Adopted ChildrenC1C2

England and Wales

  1. 38Meaning of “adoption” in Part IV.
  2. 39Status conferred by adoption.
  3. 40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  4. 41Adoptive relatives.
  5. 42Rules of construction for instruments concerning property.
  6. 43Dispositions depending on date of birth.
  7. 44Property devolving with peerages etc.
  8. 45Protection of trustees and personal representatives.
  9. 46Meaning of “disposition”.
  10. 47Miscellaneous enactments.
  11. 48Pensions.
  12. 49Insurance.

Annotations

Modifications

C1

Part IV (ss. 38-49): definition applied (5.4.1993) by Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48, SIF 20), s. 26(3), (with s. 9(2)); S.I. 1992/2644, art.2.

C2

Pt. IV extended (30.12.2005) by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), ss. 66(3), 148(1) (with Sch. 4 paras. 1, 6-8); S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(d)