Adoption Act 2010
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Transitional — foreign adoptions in process immediately before establishment day. |
63.— (1) In this section, “foreign adoption” means a foreign adoption within the meaning of section 1 of the Adoption Act 1991 . | |
(2) If, immediately before the establishment day, a foreign adoption described in the Adoption Act 1991 is not yet effected but is still in process as provided for under that Act— | ||
(a) if the persons who applied under the Adoption Act 1991 had been issued with a declaration of eligibility and suitability before the establishment day, the adoption may proceed under this Act as if— | ||
(i) it were commenced under this Act and the date of the issue of the declaration were that day, | ||
(ii) the persons had applied under section 37 of this Act, and | ||
(iii) section 40(1)(b) of this Act read “in another contracting state or a state that, in the opinion of the Authority, applied standards regarding the adoption concerned that accord with those in the Hague Convention”, | ||
and | ||
(b) in any other case, | ||
the adoption may proceed under this Act as if it were commenced under this Act. |