Adoption Act 2010

32

Religion.

F30[32. Notwithstanding section 20, in a case where

(a) the applicant or applicants, as the case may be,

(b) the child, and

(c) every person whose consent to the making of an adoption order is necessary under section 26,

are not all of the same religion (if of any religion), the Authority shall not make an adoption order unless every person whose consent to the making of an adoption order is necessary under section 26 knows, when so consenting, the religion (if any) of the applicant or each of the applicants, as the case may be.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F30

Inserted (19.10.2017) by Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 (19/2017), s. 15, S.I. No. 443 of 2017.

Editorial Notes:

E30

Previous affecting provision: section amended by Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015), s. 113, not commenced; repealed (19.10.2017) by Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 (19/2017), s. 2(2), S.I. No. 443 of 2017.