Where a child is adopted whose natural parent has effected an insurance with a friendly society or a collecting society or an industrial company for the payment on the death of the child of money for funeral expenses, the rights and liabilities under the policy shall by virtue of the adoption be transferred to the adoptive parents who shall for the purposes of the enactments relating to such societies and companies be treated as the person who took out the policy.
Section 49: Insurance.
Adoption Act 1976 · 1976 c. 36View on legislation.gov.uk
Part IV: Status of Adopted Children
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