Paragraph 9 Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978I1

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 4 para. 5(a) words substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 84(2)
Sch. 4 para. 5(b) words substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 84(3)(a)
Sch. 4 para. 5(b) words substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 84(3)(b)

In section 44 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (effect of s. 39 on succession and inter vivos deed)—

(a)

the reference to adoption is to be read as including a reference to a parental order made under section 54 or section 54A of the 2008 Act; and

(b)

the reference to adopted persons is to be read as including a reference to persons who were the subjects of parental orders.

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