PART 3

PART 3
Placement for Adoption

Chapter 1
Interpretation

SECTION 11

Interpretation (Part 3).

11.— In this Part—

"accredited body" includes the Child and Family Agency;

"father", in relation to a child, includes a person who believes himself to be the father of the child.

Annotations

Amendments:

Substituted (1.01.2014) by Child and Family Agency Act 2013 (40/2013), s. 97 and sch. 2, part 21, S.I. No. 502 of 2013.

Editorial Notes:

Previous affecting provision: section amended by Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015), s. 104, not commenced; repealed (19.10.2017) by Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 (19/2017), s. 2(2), S.I. No. 443 of 2017.

Chapter 2
Placement of Children for Adoption

SECTION 12

Visits and enquiries pertaining to adoptions.

12.— The Authority may authorise a member or employee of the Authority or of the Child and Family Agency to—

(a) visit the homes of the child, the guardians of the child, the applicants for an adoption order or the recognition of an intercountry adoption effected outside the State and the person having custody of the child for the purposes of an adoption, and

(b) make enquiries on behalf of the Authority.

Annotations

Amendments:

Substituted