{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-66.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1987/2203",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-northern-ireland-order-1987",
  "path": "article/66",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "Guardians ad litem",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of any application for an adoption order or an order freeing a child for adoption or an order under Article 20 or 57, an authorised court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the child concerned.\n(2) The guardian ad litem—\n(a) shall be appointed in accordance with adoption rules; and\n(b) shall be under a duty to safeguard the interests of the child in the prescribed manner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1995 NI 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Art. 66 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2010) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/985), reg. 3, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/2203/article/66",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:49.310353+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."
}