Paragraph 18

Article 52(1) to (4) and (6) (amendment of orders and rectification of Registers) has effect as if—

(a)

for the words “an adoption order” in each place they appear there were substituted “a parental order”;

(b)

for the words “Adopted Children Register” in each place they appear, except in paragraph (6), there were substituted “Parental Order Register”;

(c)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

for the words “adopter or of the adopted person” in each place they appear there were substituted “person or persons who obtained the parental order or of the person who is the subject of the parental order”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “given to the adopted person” there were substituted “given to the person who is subject to the parental order” and the words “, or taken by him,” were omitted; and

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (b) for “Article 51(4) or (5)” there were substituted “Article 51(4) (as applied with modifications by regulation 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Parental Order Regulations)”;

(d)

in paragraph (2) after “paragraph (1)” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Parental Order Regulations)”;

(e)

in paragraph (4) after “Article 50(2)” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Parental Order Regulations)”; and

(f)

in paragraph (6)—

(i)

after “Article 51(7)” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Parental Order Regulations)”; and

(ii)

the words “or an Adopted Children Register or any corresponding register of adoptions” were omitted.