PART 3Placement for Adoption
Chapter 1Interpretation
SECTION 11
Interpretation (Part 3).
11.— In this Part—
"accredited body" includes the Child and Family Agency;
"father", in relation to a child, includes a person who believes himself to be the father of the child.
Annotations
Amendments:
Substituted (1.01.2014) by Child and Family Agency Act 2013 (40/2013), s. 97 and sch. 2, part 21, S.I. No. 502 of 2013.
Editorial Notes:
Previous affecting provision: section amended by Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015), s. 104, not commenced; repealed (19.10.2017) by Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 (19/2017), s. 2(2), S.I. No. 443 of 2017.
Chapter 2Placement of Children for Adoption
SECTION 12
Visits and enquiries pertaining to adoptions.
12.— The Authority may authorise a member or employee of the Authority or of the Child and Family Agency to—
(a) visit the homes of the child, the guardians of the child, the applicants for an adoption order or the recognition of an intercountry adoption effected outside the State and the person having custody of the child for the purposes of an adoption, and
(b) make enquiries on behalf of the Authority.
Annotations
Amendments:
Substituted
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