Paragraph 20

Section 108(1) and (2) (Rules: appointment of curators ad litem and reporting officers) has effect as if—

(a)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

for “In the case of an application for a relevant order in relation to a child” there were substituted “For the purpose of any application for a parental order”; and

(ii)

in paragraph (b) for “adoption” there were substituted “the parental order”; and

(b)

in subsection(2)(b) after “reporting officer” there were inserted “but that person shall not be any person or employee of any person holding a licence granted under section 11 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, as amended by section 11 of the 2008 Act”.