Paragraph 20

(1)

Article 54^f1(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) (disclosure of birth records of adopted children) has effect as if—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

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

(ii)

for “an adopted person” there were substituted “a person who is the subject of a parental order”;

(b)

in paragraph (2) for “an adopted person under the age of 18 years” there were substituted “a person who is the subject of a parental order and who is under the age of 18 years”;

(c)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

for the word “adoption” in each place it appears there were substituted “parental order”; and

(ii)

sub-paragraph (e) were omitted;

(d)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

for “an adopted person” there were substituted “a person who is the subject of a parental order”;

(ii)

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

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) for “section 51 of the Adoption Act 1976” there were substituted “section 79 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (as applied with modifications by regulation 2 of and Schedule 1 to the Parental Order Regulations)”; and

(e)

in paragraph (5)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) the word “and” at the end were omitted; and

(ii)

sub-paragraph (b) were omitted.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Article 54 was amended by section 203 of the Civil Partnerships Act 2004 and paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2011/1740. Other amendments have been made which are not relevant to this instrument.