{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-139",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-139.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": "section/139",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "139",
  "heading": "Definition of privately fostered child",
  "text": "(1) In Article 107 of the Children Order (privately fostered children further defined), paragraph (7) is amended as follows.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (a)—\n(a) in head (i), for “Article 3 of the Adoption Order” substitute “section 2 of the Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022”;\n(b) in head (ii), for “section 1 of the Adoption Act 1976” substitute “section 2 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002”.\n(3) Omit sub-paragraph (b).\n(4) At the end add—\n“(c) an authority has functions in respect of the child by virtue of—\n(i) regulations under section 82(6)(b) of the Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, or\n(ii) corresponding functions by virtue of regulations under section 1 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 139 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/section/139",
    "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."
}