{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-36.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/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Partners of parents",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if a child’s home is with a partner of a parent and the partner has given notice of intention to adopt.\n(2) If the child’s home has been with the partner for not less than three years (whether continuous or not) during the period of five years ending with the removal, the following persons may remove the child—\n(a) a person who has the court’s leave;\n(b) an adoption authority or other person in the exercise of a power conferred by any statutory provision other than Article 22(2) of the Children Order.\n(3) If subsection (2) does not apply, the following persons may remove the child—\n(a) a parent or guardian;\n(b) a person who has the court’s leave;\n(c) an adoption authority or other person in the exercise of a power conferred by any statutory provision other than Article 22(2) of the Children Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 36 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/36",
    "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."
}