Paragraph 9

Section 40(1) to (3), (5) and (10) (status conferred by adoption) has effect as if—

(a)

for subsection (1) there were substituted—

“(1)
A person who is the subject of a parental order is to be treated in law as if born as the child of the person or persons who obtained the order.”;

(b)

for subsection (2) there were substituted—

“(2)
A person who is the subject of a parental order is to be treated as the child of the person or persons who obtained the order.”;

(c)

for subsection (3) there were substituted—

“(3)
A person who is the subject of a parental order is to be treated in law as not being the child of any person other than the person or persons who obtained the order.”;

(d)

in subsection (5)—

(i)

for “Subsections (3) and (4) do” there were substituted

“Subsection (3) (as applied with modifications by regulation 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Parental Order Regulations) does”; and

(ii)

after “this Act” insert “(as modified by regulation 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Parental Order Regulations)”; and

(e)

in subsection (10)—

(i)

after “Chapter” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Parental Order Regulations)”;

(ii)

after “this section” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Parental Order Regulations)”; and

(iii)

for the word “adoption” in each place it appears there were substituted “making of the parental order”.