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AND\nFOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES\nENACTED by the Governor in accordance with section 81 of the Constitution, after\nconsultation with the Premier, with the prior approval of the Secretary of State, and\npursuant to instructions issued in accordance with section 31 of the Constitution.\n1.\nShort title and commencement\n1.\n(1) This Law may be cited as the Adoption of Children (Amendment) Law, 2020.\n(2) This Law comes into force immediately after the commencement of the Civil\nPartnership Law, 2020.\n2.\nAmendment of section 2 of the Adoption of Children Law (2003 Revision) -\ndefinitions\n2.\nThe Adoption of Children Law (2003 Revision), in this Law referred to as the\n\u201cprincipal Law\u201d, is amended in section 2 as follows \u2014\n(a)\nby inserting in the appropriate alphabetical sequence the following\ndefinitions \u2014\n(Law 36 of 2020)\nI Assent,\nMartyn Roper\nGovernor\nDate: 4th day of September, 2020\n\nSection 3\nAdoption of Children (Amendment) Law, 2020\n\nPage 6\nLaw 36 of 2020\nc\n\n\u201c \u201ccivil partner\u201d has the meaning assigned by the Civil Partnership\nLaw, 2020; and\n\u201ccivil partnership\u201d has the meaning assigned by the Civil\nPartnership Law, 2020;\u201d; and\n(b) by deleting the definition of the word \u201crelative\u201d and substituting the\nfollowing definition \u2014\n\u201c \u201crelative\u201d, in relation to a child, means a grandparent, brother,\nsister, aunt or uncle, whether of the full blood or half blood or by\naffinity (by marriage or civil partnership), and includes any person\nwho would be a relative of the child within the meaning of this\ndefinition if the adopted person were the child of the adopter, where\nan adoption order has been made in respect of the child or any other\nperson;\u201d.\n3.\nAmendment of section 9 - power to make adoption orders\n3.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 9(2) as follows \u2014\n(a)\nby inserting after the word \u201cspouses\u201d the words \u201cor civil partners\u201d; and\n(b) by inserting after the word \u201cmarried\u201d the words \u201cor party to a civil\npartnership\u201d.\n4.\nAmendment of section 10 - restrictions on making adoption orders\n4.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 10(4)(b) by inserting after the word \u201cspouse\u201d\nwherever it appears the words \u201cor civil partner\u201d.\n5.\nAmendment of section 11- consent to adoption\n5.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 11(2) as follows \u2014\n(a)\nby inserting after the word \u201cspouse\u201d the words \u201cor civil partner\u201d; and\n(b) by inserting after the word \u201cspouses\u201d the words \u201cor civil partners\u201d.\n6.\nAmendment of section 15 - rights and duties of parents and capacity to marry\n6.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 15 as follows \u2014\n(a)\nin the section heading, by inserting after the word \u201cmarry\u201d the words \u201cor\nenter into a civil partnership\u201d;\n(b) in subsection (1) as follows \u2014\n(i)\nby inserting after the word \u201cmarriage\u201d the words \u201cor to entering into\na civil partnership\u201d; and\n(ii) by deleting the words \u201cin lawful wedlock\u201d wherever they appear;\n(c)\nin subsection (2), by inserting after the word \u201cspouses\u201d wherever it appears\nthe words \u201cor civil partners\u201d; and\n\nAdoption of Children (Amendment) Law, 2020\nSection 7\n\nc\nLaw 36 of 2020\nPage 7\n\n(d) in subsection (3), by deleting the words \u201cmarriage, an adopter and the\nperson whom he has been authorised to adopt\u201d and substituting the words\n\u201cmarriage or civil partnership, an adopter and the person whom the adopter\nhas been authorised to adopt\u201d.\n7.\nAmendment of section 16 - affiliation orders, etc.\n7.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 16 as follows \u2014\n(a)\nin subsection (1), by deleting the words \u201cwho is illegitimate, then\u201d; and\n(b) in subsection (2), by inserting after the word \u201cmarries\u201d the words \u201cor enters\ninto a civil partnership\u201d.\n8.\nAmendment of section 17 - intestacies, wills and settlements\n8.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 17(1) and (2)(c) by deleting the words \u201cborn\nin lawful wedlock\u201d wherever they appear.\n9.\nAmendment of section 18 - provisions supplementary to section 17\n9.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 18(1)(a) by inserting after the word\n\u201cspouses\u201d the words \u201cor civil partners\u201d.\n10.\nAmendment of First Schedule - Adoption of Children Regulations (2003\nRevision)\n10. The principal Law is amended in the First Schedule as follows \u2014\n(a)\nin the First Appendix, in Form A, by deleting the words \u201cN.B \u2013 Where the\napplication is made by one or two spouses, their marriage certificate must\nbe affixed to this form.\u201d and substituting the words \u201cN.B. \u2013 Where the\napplication is made by one or both spouses or civil partners, their marriage\ncertificate or civil partnership certificate must be affixed to this form.\u201d;\nand\n(b) in the Second Appendix, in Part I, as follows \u2014\n(i)\nin item 13, by inserting after the word \u201cmarried\u201d the words \u201cor party\nto a civil partnership\u201d; and\n(ii) in item 14, by inserting after the word \u201cmarried\u201d the words \u201cor party\nto a civil partnership\u201d.\n11.\nAmendment of Second Schedule - Adoption of Children Rules (2003\nRevision)\n11. 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