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Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act
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112. Section 30 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
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“(1) In this section—
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‘father’, in relation to a child, includes a person who believes himself to be the father of the child;
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‘second female parent’, in relation to a child, includes a woman who believes herself to be the second female parent of the child.”,
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(b) in subsection (2) by the substitution of “the father or second female parent” for “the father”,
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(c) in subsection (3) by the substitution of “the father or second female parent, as the case may be,” for “the father”,
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(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):
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“(3A) Where the Authority is satisfied under subsection (2) of section 18A of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection, it may make the adoption order.”,
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and
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(e) in subsection (4) —
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(i) by the substitution of “the father or second female parent, as the case may be,” for “the father” in each place it occurs, and
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(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
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“(b) the circumstances of conception of the child, other than where the child is a donor-conceived child,”.
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