Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017

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Further adoption

23. The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 45:

“45. Where a child, in respect of whom an adoption order is in force or an intercountry adoption effected outside the State that has been recognised,is further placed for adoption—

(a) a further adoption order may be made in respect of the child, and

(b) for the purposes of the order, the child concerned shall be taken to be the lawful child of the adopter or adopters in whose favour the first-mentioned adoption order or intercountry adoption effected outside the State was made or recognised, as the case may be.”.