172.— The Status of Children Act 1987 is amended—

(a) in section 3(2), by substituting the following for paragraph (b):

“(b) In this subsection ‘adopted person’ means a person who has been adopted under an adoption order within the meaning of section 3 (1) of the Adoption Act 2010 or, where the person has been adopted outside the State, whose adoption is recognised by virtue of the law for the time being in force in the State.”,

(b) in section 27(3), by substituting “section 60 of the Adoption Act 2010 (which relates to the property rights of persons adopted under the Adoption Act 2010)” for “the provisions of section 26 of the Adoption Act 1952 (which relates to the property rights of persons adopted under the Adoption Acts, 1952 to 1976)”, and

(c) in section 27(4)(a), by substituting “section 60 (as construed in accordance with subsection (3) of this section) of the Adoption Act 2010” for “section 26 (as construed in accordance with subsection (3) of this section) of the Adoption Act 1952”.