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Making of arrangements for adoption. 
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4.—In this Act references to the making of arrangements for the adoption of a child shall be construed as including references to— 
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(a) the making of any agreement or arrangement for, or facilitating, the adoption or maintenance of the child by any person, and 
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(b) the initiation of or taking part in any negotiations of which the purpose or effect is the making of any such agreement or arrangement, and 
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(c) the causing of another to initiate or take part in any such negotiations. 
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