The Adoption (Amendment) Rules 1991

Amendments to the Adoption Rules 1984

41.  In Form 6–

(a)for the second paragraph of the Notes there shall be substituted “If the application is made to a county court, it may be made to any county court which has been designated as a divorce county court under section 33 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984;”

(b)in paragraph 8–

(i)for the words “section 14 of the Children Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “section 18 of the Adoption Act”; and

(ii)for the words “the parental rights and duties relating to the child were thereby vested in(and were” there shall be substituted the words “parental responsibility for the child was thereby vested in(and was”; and

(iii)for the words “section 23 of the Children Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “section 21 of the Adoption Act”;

(c)the following shall be substituted for paragraph 13:

“13.  The child is being looked after by(who have parental responsibility for the child).”;

(d)in the note to paragraph 8, for “section 23” there shall be substituted “section 21”;

(e)in the note to paragraph 9, for the words from “if the child is illegitimate” to the end there shall be substituted the words “if the parents of the child were not married to each other at the time of his birth and the father has parental responsibility for the child, give details under paragraph 19 of the court order or the agreement which provides for parental responsibility”;

(f)in the note to paragraph 10–

(i)after the words “court of competent jurisdiction” there shall be inserted the words “, or under section 5 of the Children Act 1989,”;

(g)in the note to paragraphs 11 and 12–

(i)for the words “an illegitimate child” there shall be substituted the words “a child whose parents were not married to each other at the time of his birth”;

(ii)for the words “section 12(2) of the 1975 Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 16(2) of the Act”;

(iii)for the words “custody of” there shall be substituted the words “parental responsibility for”; and

(iv)after the words “of a court order” there shall be inserted the words “or by agreement or he has a residence order in respect of the child”;

(h)in the note to paragraph 13, for the words “in the care of” there shall be substituted the words “being looked after by”;

(i)in paragraphs 17 and 20, for the words “actual custody” there shall be substituted, in each place, the word “home”;

(j)in the note to paragraphs 16 and 17, for the words “section 9 of the 1975 Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 13 of the Act”;

(k)in the note to paragraph 19–

(i)for the words “section 22(4) of the 1975 Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 24(1) of the Act”;

(ii)for the words from “section 42” to the end there shall be substituted the words “Part I of the Children Act 1989”;

(l)in the note to paragraph 21, for the words “actual custody” there shall be substituted the word “home”; and

(m)in the note to paragraph 22, for the words “section 57(1) of the Adoption Act 1958 (as amended)” there shall be substituted the words “section 72(1) of the Act”.