{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/schedule-3/paragraph-77",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/schedule-3/paragraph-77.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/77",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 285 (family relationships etc.)—\n(a) in subsection (1), in paragraph (e) for “the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987” substitute “the Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022”;\n(b) in subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—\n“(a) an order under section 43(1) or 83 of the Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022”;\n(b) an order under section 46(1) or 84 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002; or\n(c) an order under section 28(1) or 59 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 77 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/77",
    "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."
}