Paragraph 25

for item 15 (definition of “adopted”) substitute—

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15

“adopted”

adopted within the meaning in Part IV of the Adoption Act 1976f1 or, in Scotland, section 38 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 f2 and “adoption” shall be construed accordingly

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for item 19 (definition of “child”) substitute—

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19

“child”

in relation to a member of the armed forces, a child with respect to whom the member— (a) is in law the mother or father of the child, including by adoption; (b) is the child’s step parent; or (c) is the child’s foster parent within the meaning in the Children Act 1989f3 or, in Scotland, the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984;f4 and in each case the member— (i) is regularly maintaining him or contributing to his maintenance or could reasonably be expected to do so; (ii) where the member has died, was regularly maintaining him or contributing to his maintenance up to the date of his death or could reasonably have been expected to do so; or (iii) where the child was unborn at the date of the member’s death, would have so maintained him or contributed to his maintenance.

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for item 50 (definition of “student”) substitute—

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50

“student”

a person who is aged less than 19 and attending a full-time course of education at a school, university or college, or any other educational establishment recognised by the Secretary of State as being of comparable status, and for the purpose of this Order a person may continue to be a student for a period of up to 13 weeks after he ceases to attend such a course and before he reaches the age of 19 as the Secretary of State may in any particular case determine.

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