# The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018, 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111174715/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-parental-orders-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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