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No pre-placement consultation required
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109. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 18:
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“No pre-placement consultation required
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18A. (1) Where an accredited body proposes to place a child for adoption and the mother or guardian of the child has furnished evidence to the accredited body that the child—
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(a) is a donor-conceived child, and
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(b) has no parent other than the mother,
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the accredited body shall furnish evidence of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) to the Authority in such form and manner as the Authority specifies.
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(2) Where, having considered any evidence furnished by an accredited body under subsection (1), the Authority is satisfied that a child the accredited body proposes to place for adoption—
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(a) is a donor-conceived child, and
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(b) has no parent other than the mother,
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it may authorise that accredited body to place that child for adoption.”.
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