{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-64",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-64.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/64",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Sections 55 to 64: interpretation",
  "text": "In this group of sections—\n“appropriate adoption agency”, in relation to an adopted person or to information relating to that person’s adoption, means—\n(a) if the person was placed for adoption by an adoption agency, that agency or (if different) the agency which keeps the information in relation to that person’s adoption;\n(b) in any other case, the adoption authority to which notice of intention to adopt was given;\n“prescribed” means, except in section 59(4), prescribed by regulations;\n“regulations” means regulations under section 9.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 64 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/64",
    "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."
}