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Amendment of section 125 of Principal Act
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38. Section 125 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (2) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
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“(b) the person who intends to adopt the child is—
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(i) a parent of the child,
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(ii) a relative of the child,
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(iii) the spouse of the parent of a child,
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(iv) the civil partner of the parent of a child, or
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(v) the cohabitant of a parent of the child, where the cohabitant and that parent are a cohabiting couple.”,
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and
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(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):
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“(3) A person shall not receive a child for the purpose of adopting the child unless the person is—
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(a) a parent of the child,
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(b) a relative of the child,
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(c) the spouse of a parent of the child,
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(d) the civil partner of a parent of the child,
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(e) the cohabitant of a parent of the child where the cohabitant and that parent are a cohabiting couple, or
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(f) a person with whom a child is placed by an accredited body or the Child and Family Agency.”.
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