{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/schedule-3/paragraph-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/schedule-3/paragraph-52.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2022/18",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/52",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Article 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (2) for the definition of “adoption order” substitute—\n““adoption order” means an adoption order within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 or section 43(1) of the Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022;”;\n(b) in paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (i) insert—\n“(j) the Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 52 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 160(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/18/schedule/3/paragraph/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:21.400523+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}