Paragraph 16

for the words “Adopted Children Register” in each place they appear there were substituted “Parental Order Register”;

in paragraph (1)(a)(i) for “adoption orders” there were substituted “parental orders”;

in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) after “Article 53” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Parental Order Regulations)”;

in paragraph(1)(c) for ““Adopted” pursuant to Article 51” there were substituted ““Re-registered by the Registrar General” pursuant to Article 51(4) (as applied with modifications by regulation 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Parental Order Regulations)”;

in paragraph (2) for the words from “Every person shall” to “subject to the same terms” there were substituted—

“The Registrar General shall—

(a)

at the request of any person, either permit the person to search the index of the Parental Order Register or cause a search of the index to be made on that person’s behalf; and

(b)

issue to any person on request a certified copy of any entry in the Parental Order Register,

in all respects, except as to the entitlement of any person to search that index, upon and subject to the same terms,”;

in paragraph (2) after “Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976” insert “(read in accordance with Schedule 4 of the Parental Orders Regulations)”; and

in paragraph (3)—