Paragraph 8
(1)
Section 48 (restrictions on making adoption orders) is modified as follows.
(2)
Subsection (1) Act has effect as if—
(a)
for the words “an adoption order” there were substituted “a parental order”; and
(b)
after “subsection (2)” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 2 of and Schedule 1 to the Parental Order Regulations)”.
(3)
Subsection (2) has effect as if for paragraphs (a) and (b) there were substituted “for a parental order.”.