Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/36/section/72
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[F1(a) section 1 of the M1 Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978; and
(b) Article 3 of the M2 Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987. ]
[F2 “ adoption order ” —
[F3“appropriate voluntary organisation” has the meaning assigned by section 1(5);]
[F4 “ British adoption order ” means—
[F5 “ the Convention ” means the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption, concluded at the Hague on 29th May 1993;
[F6 “ guardian ” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989. ]
“local authority” means the council of a county (other than a metropolitan county), a metropolitan district, a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London [F7but, in relation to Wales, means the council of a county or a county borough] . . .
“order freeing a child for adoption” means an order under section 18; [F8and in [F9sections 27(2) and 59 includes an order under—
[F10 “ parent ” means, in relation to a child, any parent who has parental responsibility for the child under the Children Act 1989; ]
[F10 “ parental responsibility ” and “ parental responsibility agreement ” have the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989. ]
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“prescribed” means prescribed by [F12Family Procedure Rules];
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[F16 “ upbringing ” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989. ]
[F17(1A)In this Act, in determining with what person, or where, a child has his home, any absence of the child at a hospital or boarding school and any other temporary absence shall be disregarded.
(2)In this Act “overseas adoption” means an adoption of such a description as the Secretary of State may by order specify, being a description of adoptions of children appearing to him to be effected under the law of any country outside [F18the British Islands]; and an order under this subsection may contain provision as to the manner in which evidence of an overseas adoption may be given.
[F19(3A)In this Act, in relation to the proposed adoption of a child resident outside the British Islands, references to arrangements for the adoption of a child include references to arrangements for an assessment for the purpose of indicating whether a person is suitable to adopt a child or not.]
F1Paras. (a)(b) in s. 72(1) substituted (14.10.1991) for words in the definition of adoption agency by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), ss. 88, 108, Sch. 10 para. 30(2) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F2Definition in s. 72(1) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), ss. 88, 108, Sch. 10 para. 30(3) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F3Words in s. 72(1) substituted (30.1.2003 for W., 30.4.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14), s. 122, Sch. 4 para. 5(11); S.I. 2003/152, art. 2(1)(d); S.I. 2003/365, art. 3(5)(c)
F4Definition in s. 72(1) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), ss. 88, 108, Sch. 10 para. 30(4) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F5Words in s. 72(1) substituted (23.1.2003 for specified purposes, 1.6.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (c. 18), ss. 8, 18(3) (with s. 17); S.I. 2003/189, art. 2(1)(b),(2)(e)
F6Definition in s. 72(1) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), ss. 88, 108, Sch. 10 para. 30(5) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F7Words in s. 72(1) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(4), Sch. 10 para. 9 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 para. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.
F8Words added by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 37(b)
F9Words in s. 72(1) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), ss. 88, 108, Sch. 10 para. 30(6) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F10Definitions in s. 72(1) inserted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), ss. 88, 108, Sch. 10 para. 30(7) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F11Definition in s. 72(1) repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 15 (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1), 27(4)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F12Words in s. 72(1) substituted (1.9.2004) by Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2035), art. 2(1), Sch. para. 9(a) (with art. 2(2))
F13Words in s. 72(1) repealed (1.6.2003) by Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (c. 18), s. 18(3), Sch. 3 (with s. 17); S.I. 2003/189, art. 2(2)(h)(i)
F14Words in s. 72(1) omitted (1.9.2004) by virtue of Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2035), art. 2(1), Sch. para. 9(b) (with art. 2(2))
F15Words in s. 72(1) repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 15 (with Sch. 14 paras. 1(1), 27(4)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F16Definition in s. 72(1) inserted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), ss. 88, 108, Sch. 10 para. 30(8) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F17S. 72(1A)(1B) substituted (14.10.1991) for s. 72(1A) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), ss. 88, 108, Sch. 10 para. 30(9) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F18Words in s. 72(2) substituted (1.6.2003) by Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (c. 18), s. 18(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(8) (with s. 17); S.I. 2003/189, art. 2(2)(h)
F19S. 72(3A) inserted (31.1.2000) by 1999 c. 18, s. 13; S.I. 2000/52, art. 2
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