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Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. para. 3(3)(a) words substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(a)
Sch. para. 3(3)(b) words substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(b)
Sch. para. 1(2)(a) words inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 138(3)(a)
Sch. para. 3(2)(a) words inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 138(3)(b)
Sch. para. 3(2)(a) words inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 138(3)(c)
Sch. para. 4(2)(a) words inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 138(3)(d)
Sch. para. 3(1)(2) substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 5(2)

(1)

This paragraph applies in the case of a child who isF1 in the care of an authority (within the meaning of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995)F2. . .

(2)

Where this paragraph applies, Article 3 shall have effect as if—

(a)

the reference in paragraph (1) to the appropriate consent were a reference to the consent of the authority. . . ; and

(b)

paragraphs (2A) to (4) and the definition of “the appropriate consent” in paragraph (5) were omitted.

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