Adoption Act 2010
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PART 7 Adoption Orders in Exceptional Cases and Role of High Court | ||
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Interpretation (Part ). |
52.— (1) In this Part, “parents”— | |
(a) includes a surviving parent, and | ||
(b) in relation to a child in respect of whom an adoption order is in force or who is the subject of an intercountry adoption effected outside the State that has been recognised, means— | ||
(i) the adopters, or | ||
(ii) the surviving adopter, | ||
under the order. | ||
(2) References in this Part to— | ||
(a) persons in whose favour the Authority has made a declaration under section 53 (1), or | ||
(b) persons applying for an adoption order, | ||
in the case of— | ||
(i) a declaration in favour of one person, or | ||
(ii) an application by one person, | ||
are references to that person. |