(1) Subject to this section, the Court may, on an application for an adoption order, postpone the determination of the application and make an interim adoption order giving the custody of the child to the prospective adoptive parent for a period not exceeding two years, by way of a probationary period, on terms as regards parental responsibility and otherwise as the Court determines.
(2) Subject to the power of the Court to dispense with consent, consent required with respect to an adoption order is necessary for an interim adoption order.
(3) An interim adoption order is not an adoption order within the meaning of this Act.