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ADOPTION ACT 1988 - SECT 19

19—Order of Court dispensing with or recognising consent

        (1)         In order to facilitate arrangements for the adoption of a child, the Court may, on application by or on behalf of the Chief Executive, make an order dispensing with or recognising the validity of a consent under this Division before an application for an adoption order has been made and any such order has effect for the purposes of any application for an adoption order that may subsequently be made under this Act.

        (2)         An order made under subsection (1) may, on the application of the Chief Executive or of the person whose consent was in question, be revoked by the Court at any time before the making of an adoption order in respect of the child.



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