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Amendment of section 7 (directions of High Court in relation to entries in Register of Foreign Adoptions) of Act of 1991.
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15.—Section 7 of the Act of 1991 is hereby amended—
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(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of the following for paragraph (b):
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“(b) subject to subsection (1A), direct the Board to procure the cancellation of the entry concerned in the Register, or”,
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and
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(b) by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsections:
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“(1A) The Court shall not give a direction under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) by reason of the fact that an adoption has been set aside, revoked, terminated, annulled or otherwise rendered void under and in accordance with the law of the place where it was effected unless the Court is satisfied that it would be in the best interests of the person who was the subject of the adoption.
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(1B) Where the Court gives a direction under paragraph (b) of subsection (1), it may make such orders in respect of the person who was the subject of the adoption as appear to the Court to be necessary in the circumstances and in the best interests of the person, including orders relating to the guardianship, custody, maintenance and citizenship of the person, and any such order shall, notwithstanding anything in any other Act, apply and be carried out to the extent necessary to give effect to the order.”.
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