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Adoption of Children Act 1994
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8 Welfare and interests of child to be paramount
(1) For the purposes of the administration of this Act, adoption shall be
regarded as a service for the child concerned, and the welfare and
interests of the child shall be the paramount consideration.
(2) In determining the welfare and interests of a child referred to in
subsection (1), regard shall be had, inter alia, to the ethnicity and
religion of the birth parents of the child and, in so doing, the matters
set out in Schedule 1 shall be taken into account.