Adoption Act 1976
Adoption Act 1976 (1976 c. 36)
- Adoption Act 1976 (1976 c. 36)
- Part I The Adoption Service
- The Adoption Service
- 1 Establishment of Adoption Service.
- 2 Local authorities’ social services.
- Adoption societies
- 3 Approval of adoption societies.
- 4 Withdrawal of approval.
- 5 Procedure on refusal to approve, or withdrawal of approval from, adoption societies.
- Welfare of children
- 6 Duty to promote welfare of child.
- 7 Religious upbringing of adopted child.
- Supplemental
- 8 Inactive or defunct adoption societies.
- 9 Regulation of adoption agencies.
- 9A Independent review of determinations
- 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 11 Restriction on arranging adoptions and placing of children.
- Part II Adoption Orders
- The making of adoption orders
- 12 Adoption orders.
- 13 Child to live with adopters before order made.
- 14 Adoption by married couple.
- 15 Adoption by one person.
- 16 Parental agreement.
- 17 Convention adoption orders.
- Freeing for adoption
- 18 Freeing child for adoption.
- 19 Progress reports to former parent.
- 20 Revocation of s. 18 order.
- 21 Variation of section 18 order so as to substitute one adoption agency for another.
- Supplemental
- 22 Notification to local authority of adoption application.
- 23 Reports where child placed by agency.
- 24 Restrictions on making adoption orders.
- 25 Interim orders.
- 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Part III Care and Protection of Children Awaiting Adoption
- Restrictions on removal of children
- 27 Restrictions on removal where adoption agreed or application made under s. 18.
- 28 Restrictions on removal where applicant has provided home for 5 years.
- 29 Return of child taken away in breach of s. 27 or 28.
- 30 Return of children placed for adoption by adoption agencies.
- 31 Application of s. 30 where child not placed for adoption.
- Protected children
- 32 Meaning of “protected child”.
- 33 Duty of local authorities to secure well-being of protected children.
- 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 35 Notices and information to be given to local authorities.
- 36 Offences relating to protected children.
- 37 Miscellaneous provisions relating to protected children.
- Part IV Status of Adopted Children
- 38 Meaning of “adoption” in Part IV.
- 39 Status conferred by adoption.
- 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 41 Adoptive relatives.
- 42 Rules of construction for instruments concerning property.
- 43 Dispositions depending on date of birth.
- 44 Property devolving with peerages etc.
- 45 Protection of trustees and personal representatives.
- 46 Meaning of “disposition”.
- 47 Miscellaneous enactments.
- 48 Pensions.
- 49 Insurance.
- Part V Registration and Revocation of Adoption Orders andConvention Adoptions
- 50 Adopted Children Register.
- 51 Disclosure of birth records of adopted children.
- 51A Adoption Contact Register.
- 52 Revocation of adoptions on legitimation.
- 53 Annulment etc. of overseas adoptions.
- 54 Provisions supplementary to ss. 52(3) and 53.
- Part VI Miscellaneous and Supplemental
- 55 Adoption of children abroad.
- 56 Restriction on removal of children for adoption outside Great Britain.
- 56A Restriction on bringing children into the United Kingdom
- 57 Prohibition on certain payments.
- 57A Permitted allowances.
- 58 Restriction on advertisements.
- 58A Information concerning adoption.
- 59 Effect of determination and orders made in Scotland and overseas in adoption proceedings.
- 60 Evidence of adoption in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- 61 Evidence of agreement and consent.
- 62 Courts.
- 63 Appeals etc.
- 64 Proceedings to be in private.
- 65 Duties of officers of the Service
- 65A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 66 Rules of procedure.
- 67 Orders, rules and regulations.
- 68 Offences by bodies corporate.
- 69 Services of notices etc.
- 70 Nationality.
- 71 Internal law of a country.
- 72 Interpretation.
- 73 Transitional provisions, amendments and repeals.
- 74 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Registration of Adoptions
- SCHEDULE 2 Transitional Provisions and Savings
- Rights relating to property
- SCHEDULE 3 Consequential Amendments
- SCHEDULE 4 Repeals
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