# The Children Act 1975 and the Adoption Act 1976 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1987

S.I. 1987/1242 · made 16 July 1987

This Order brings into force on 1st January 1988 the provisions of the Children Act 1975 and the Adoption Act 1976 which are not yet in force and are specified in Schedules 1 and 2 to this order respectively and the appendix to Schedule 2. The 1976 Act consolidates the law on adoption and repeals the adoption legislation which it consolidates including that contained in the Children Act 1975 brought into force by this Order. The Order does not bring into force consequential amendments or repeal provisions which have been superseded or repealed by subsequent legislation. The 1976 Act as amended does not extend to Scotland.

Made under: Children Act 1975 (Section 108); Adoption Act 1976 (Section 74)

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## Introductory text

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
Made 16th July 1987
The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 108(2) of the Children Act 1975 and section 74(2) of the Adoption Act 1976 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Children Act 1975 and the Adoption Act 1976 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1987.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1975 Act” means the Children Act 1975;
“the 1976 Act” means the Adoption Act 1976.

## 2 Day appointed for the coming into force of certain provisions of the 1975 Act and the 1976 Act

(1) The provisions of the 1975 Act specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in the second column thereof) shall come into force on 1st January 1988.
(2) The provisions of the 1976 Act specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Order and the appendix to that Schedule (which relate to the matters specified in the second column thereof) shall come into force immediately after the provisions specified in paragraph (1) of this article on 1st January 1988.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.
Tony Newton
Minister of State,
Department of Health and Social Security
16th July 1987

## Schedule 1 PROVISIONS OF THE ACT WHICH COME INTO FORCE ON 1ST JANUARY 1988

Provision of the 1975 Act
Subject matter
Section 1
Establishment of Adoption Services.
Section 2
Local authorities' social services.
Paragraph 74(b) of Schedule 3 so far as it provides for the insertion of the words “Maintenance of Adoption Service; function of local authority as adoption agency” in the entry relating to Part I of the 1975 Act in Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970
Consequential amendment.

## Schedule 2 PROVISIONS OF THE 1976 ACT WHICH COME INTO FORCE ON 1ST JANUARY 1988

Provision of the 1976 Act
Subject matter
Each of the sections of the 1976 Act except for sections 58A (information concerning adoption) and 74 (short title, commencement and extent) and section 73(2) and (3) (amendments and repeals) other than the extent to which they give effect to the provisions of Schedules 3 and 4 referred to in the two following paragraphs in this column.
Provisions relating to Adoption Service, adoption orders, care and protection of children awaiting adoption, status of adopted children, registration and revocation of adoption orders and convention adoptions, miscellaneous and supplemental provisions, registration of adoptions and transitional provisions and savings.
In Schedule 3, the provisions specified in the appendix to this Schedule.
Consequential amendments.
All the provisions in Schedule 4 except so far as they relate to the repeal of paragraphs 6, 26 and 63 of Schedule 3 to the Children Act 1975.
Repeals.

## TO SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENTS COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST JANUARY 1988

Provision in Schedule 3 to the 1976 Act
Enactment amended
Paragraph 8
Section 23(1)(c) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37).
Paragraphs 9 and 10
Sections 64(3)(a) and 65(3)(b) of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46).
Paragraph 11
Section 21A of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54).
Paragraph 15
Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42).
Paragraph 16
Section 9(6) of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 (c. 3).
Paragraph 17
Section 33(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77).
Paragraph 18
Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid Act 1974 (c. 4).
Paragraphs 19 and 22
Sections 37(1) and 103(1)(a) of the Children Act 1975 (c. 72).
Paragraphs 23 and 24
Sections 4 and 6(2) of the Legitimacy Act 1976 (c. 31).

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st January 1988 the provisions of the Children Act 1975 and the Adoption Act 1976 which are not yet in force and are specified in Schedules 1 and 2 to this order respectively and the appendix to Schedule 2. The 1976 Act consolidates the law on adoption and repeals the adoption legislation which it consolidates including that contained in the Children Act 1975 brought into force by this Order. The Order does not bring into force consequential amendments or repeal provisions which have been superseded or repealed by subsequent legislation. The 1976 Act as amended does not extend to Scotland.
A note containing the provisions of the Adoption Act 1976 which have been amended may be obtained from the Department of Health and Social Security Store, Health Publications Unit, No. 2 Site, Manchester Road, Heywood, Lancashire, OL1 02PZ.

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