The Adoption Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 26) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the adoption of children in Great Britain.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 46(1) of the act repealed 10 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.
CitationShort titleExtent of repeal16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 29Adoption of Children Act 1926The whole act except subsections (3) and (4) of section five and section ten.20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 37Adoption of Children (Scotland) Act 1930The whole act except subsections (4) and (5) of section five and section ten.1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 37Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937Subsection (3) of section fifty.2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 27Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act 1939The whole act.3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 2Postponement of Enactments (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1939Section two.9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 81National Health Service Act 1946So much of the Tenth Schedule as amends the Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act 1939.11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 39Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948Subsection (3) of section twenty-three.11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 43Children Act 1948Sections thirty-five and thirty-six so far as they relate to section seven of the Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act 1939; subsection (4) of section thirty-seven; and so much of the Third Schedule as amends the Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act 1939.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 98Adoption of Children Act 1949The whole act except section thirteen; and in subsection (2) of section thirteen the words "subsection (2) of section sixteen of the Act of 1939".12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 100Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1949Subsection (3) of section seven.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 59(2) of, and the sixth schedule to, the Adoption Act 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 5), which came into force on 1 April 1959.
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