Adoption Act 2010

Amendment of section 20(9) of Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act 1938.

164.— Subsection (9) of section 20 (inserted by section 15 (1) of the Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 ) of the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act 1938 is amended by substituting the following for the definition of “ adopted child ”:

“ ‘adopted child’ means a child adopted under an adoption order within the meaning of section 3 (1) of the Adoption Act 2010 or who is the subject of an intercountry adoption effected outside the State and recognised under that Act;”.