22.Section 3 provides for the substitution of section 17 of the 1976 and 1978 Acts with a new power enabling the Secretary of State to make regulations for Convention adoption orders.   A Convention adoption order is an adoption order which is made in England and Wales or Scotland under the Convention as a Convention adoption order under section 17.    It is envisaged that new regulations will be made which will modify existing jurisdictional requirements in order to comply with the Convention.
Commentary on Sections Convention adoptions – sections 3 to 8 Section 3.   Convention adoption orders