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Regulation 55 Prohibition on removal where Convention adoption order pending

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Section 20 of the Act applies as if–

(a)

for subsection (1) there were substituted–

“(1)

Where an application for a Convention adoption order in respect of a child has been made but not disposed of, a parent or guardian of the child is not entitled to remove the child from the care of the applicant except with the consent of the court.”; and

(b)

subsection (2) were omitted.