Section 97: Sections 92 to 96: interpretation

Adoption and Children Act 2002 · 2002 c. 38View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Adoption — Chapter 7: Miscellaneous

In sections 92 to 96—

“adoption agency” includes a Scottish or Northern Irish adoption agency,
“payment” includes reward,
references to adoption are to the adoption of persons, wherever they may be habitually resident, effected under the law of any country or territory, whether within or outside the British Islands.

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