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Part III Care and Protection of Children Awaiting Adoption
Restrictions on removal of children
27. Restrictions on removal where adoption agreed or application made under s. 18.
28. Restrictions on removal where applicant has provided home for 5 years.
29A. Contravention of sections 30 to 36 of Adoption and Children Act 2002
30. Return of children placed for adoption by adoption agencies.
31. Application of s. 30 where child not placed for adoption.
Part V Registration and Revocation of Adoption Orders and Convention Adoptions
Part VI Miscellaneous and Supplemental
50. Restriction on removal of children for adoption outside Great Britain.
50A. Restriction on bringing children into the United Kingdom for adoption
51B. Transitional provisions as respects adoption allowances.
53. Effect of determination and orders made in England and Wales and overseas in adoption proceedings.
53B. Effect of placing for adoption etc. under Adoption and Children Act 2002
54. Evidence of adoption in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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