Adoption Act, 1998

Amendment of section 5 (foreign adoptions where adopters ordinarily resident in State) of Act of 1991.

13.—(1) Section 5 of the Act of 1991 is hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “specified in section 2, 3, 4 or 4A of this Act” for “specified in section 2, 3 or 4 of this Act”, and

(b) by the substitution of “1992” for “1991” in each place where it occurs in clauses (I) and (II) of subparagraph (iii) of subsection (1) and in subsection (2).

(2) Subsection (1) shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 30th day of May, 1991.