{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-81",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-81.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/81",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;\n“records” includes certified copies kept by the Registrar General of entries in any register of births;\n“registers of live-births” means the registers of live-births made under the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;\n“regulations” means regulations made by the Department of Finance.\n(2) Any register, record or index maintained under this Chapter may be maintained in any form the Registrar General considers appropriate; and references (however expressed) to entries in such a register, or to their amendment, marking or cancellation, are to be read accordingly.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 81 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/81",
    "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."
}