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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-northern-ireland-2001/schedule/part/chapter-I/crossheading-article-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nia/2001/11",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "schedule/part/chapter/I/crossheading/article-2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Convention shall apply where a child habitually resident in one Contracting State ( “the State of origin”) has been, is being, or is to be moved to another Contracting State ( “the receiving State”) either after his or her adoption in the State of origin by spouses or a person habitually resident in the receiving State, or for the purposes of such an adoption in the receiving State or in the State of origin.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2001/11/schedule/part/chapter/I/crossheading/article-2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:47.413505+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."
}