Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Act, 1952.

Adopted child.

8.—Where a child becomes adopted under any Act providing for the adoption of children (whether passed before or after the passing of this Act), the child shall thereafter be treated for the purposes of the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1952, as if he were the child of the adopter or adopters born to him, her or them in lawful wedlock and were not the child of any other person.