# Adoption and Children Act 2002, Paragraph 13 In section 7D (default powers of Secretary of State as respects social services functions of local authorities), in subsection (1), after β€œthe Children Act 1989” there is inserted β€œ section 1 or 2(4) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 or the Adoption and Children Act 2002 ”. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/38/schedule/3/paragraph/13 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-13 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.