Legislation
Section 46 - Adoption orders
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Effect of adoption order
Subsections (1) to (4) set out the legal consequences of an adoption order. Their effect is described as follows by the Explanatory Notes to the Act:
“[the adoption order] gives parental responsibility for a child to the adopters.
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