Annex 3 - INCONSISTENCY WITH THE CHILDREN ACT 1989

Adoption and Children Bill

Public Bill Committees, 20 November 2001, 11:30 am

One of the aims of the Bill is to align adoption law with the Children Act 1989. In a number of respects, however, it fails to achieve this. Indeed, in certain cases, it widens rather than diminishes inconsistencies between the two frameworks.