Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017

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Religion

15. The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 32:

“32. Notwithstanding section 20, in a case where—

(a) the applicant or applicants, as the case may be,

(b) the child, and

(c) every person whose consent to the making of an adoption order is necessary under section 26,

are not all of the same religion (if of any religion), the Authority shall not make an adoption order unless every person whose consent to the making of an adoption order is necessary under section 26 knows, when so consenting, the religion (if any) of the applicant or each of the applicants, as the case may be.”.