Adoption Act, 1998

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Amendment of section 3 (definitions) of Principal Act.

2.—Section 3 of the Principal Act (as amended by section 4 of the Adoption Act, 1964 and section 6 of the Adoption Act, 1988 ) is hereby amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following definition before the definition of “adoption order”:

“‘adoption agency’ means a registered adoption society or a health board;”,

(b) by the insertion of the following definition after the definition of “interim order”:

“‘health board’ means a health board established under the Health Act, 1970 ;”,

(c) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “the Minister”:

“‘the Minister’ means the Minister for Health and Children;”,

(d) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “parent”:

“‘parent’, in respect of a child, means, unless the context otherwise requires, the mother or father or both of the child, whether or not they are married to one another;”,

and

(e) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “relative”:

“‘relative’, in respect of a child, means a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt of the child, whether of the whole blood, of the half-blood or by affinity and includes the spouse of any such person, relationship to the child being traced through the mother or the father.”.