Regulation 3 Registrable foreign adoption
For the the purposes of paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 1 to the Act (meaning of registrable foreign adoption), the prescribed requirement is that at the time the Convention adoptionf1 or overseas adoptionf2 is effected, the adoptive parent or, in the case of a couple, both adoptive parents, are habitually resident in England or Wales.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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“Convention adoption” is given a meaning by virtue of section 66(1)(c) of the Act.
- f2
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See section 87(1) of the Act.