{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-99",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-99.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/99",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "99",
  "heading": "Prohibition of certain payments",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to any payment (other than an excepted payment) which is made for or in consideration of—\n(a) the adoption of a child;\n(b) giving any consent required in connection with the adoption of a child;\n(c) removing from the United Kingdom a child who is a Commonwealth citizen, or is habitually resident in the United Kingdom, to a place outside the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man for the purpose of adoption;\n(d) a person (who is neither an adoption agency nor acting in pursuance of an order of the High Court) taking any step mentioned in section 96(2);\n(e) preparing, causing to be prepared or submitting a report the preparation of which contravenes section 98(1).\n(2) In this section and section 100, removing a child from the United Kingdom has the same meaning as in section 84.\n(3) Any person who—\n(a) makes any payment to which this section applies;\n(b) agrees or offers to make any such payment; or\n(c) receives or agrees to receive or attempts to obtain any such payment,\nis guilty of an offence.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding £10,000, or both.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 99 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/99",
    "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."
}