Section 450 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Adoption Act 1955 amended

450 Adoption Act 1955 amended (1) Section 6 of the Adoption Act 1955 is hereby amended by repealing subsection (4) , and substituting the following subsection: “ (4) This section shall not apply in any case where— “ (a) The child is in the home pursuant to any provision of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 or to an order made pursuant to that Act; or “ (b) The child is in the home pursuant to an order made pursuant to the Guardianship Act 1968; or “ (c) The child is in the home of one of the child's parents and a step-parent of the child; or “ (d) The child is in the home of a relative of the child (not being a relative who, in the absence of special circumstances, is prohibited, by reason of age or sex, from adopting the child). ” (2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) of this section, where, immediately before the commencement of this section, any person has a child in that person's home for care under a licence or warrant of exemption granted under section 73 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1974, nothing in section 6 of the Adoption Act 1955 shall apply, during the period of 6 months beginning on the date of the commencement of this section, to the keeping of that child by that person.