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140.—(1) In Article 12 (adoption orders), for paragraphs (1) to (3) substitute the following paragraphs—
“(1) An adoption order is an order giving parental responsibility for a child to the adopters, and such an order may be made by an authorised court on the application of the adopters.
(2) The order does not affect parental responsibility so far as it relates to any period before the making of the order.
(3) The making of an adoption order operates to extinguish—
(a)the parental responsibility which any person has for the child immediately before the making of the order;
(b)any order of a court under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;
(c)any duty arising by virtue of an agreement or the order of a court to make payments, so far as the payments are in respect of the child’s maintenance or upbringing for any period after the making of the order.”.
(2) In paragraph (4) for “(3)(b)” substitute “(3)(c)”.
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