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SCHEDULE 3Minor and consequential amendments

PART 1Amendments of primary legislation

The Legitimacy Act (Northern Ireland) 1928

1.  In section 8A (legitimation of adopted child)—

(a)in subsection (1) after “1987” insert “or section 66 of the Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022;

(b)in subsection (2)—

(i)in paragraph (a) after “40” insert “or subsection (3)(b) of section 66”;

(ii)in paragraph (b) after “42” insert “or section 66, 67 or 68 of the Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022”.