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Regulation 11 AdoptionC1F1

United Kingdom

(1)

This regulation applies in relation to A if A has been—

(a)

placed for adoption with the claimant or either or both of the joint claimants; or

(b)

adopted by the claimant, or either or both of the joint claimants, in accordance with—

(i)

the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”);

(ii)

the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”); or

(iii)

the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (“the 1987 Order”).

(2)

But this regulation does not apply in relation to A if—

(a)

the claimant or at least one of the joint claimants—

(i)

was a step-parent of A immediately prior to the adoption; or

(ii)

has been a parent of A (other than by adoption) at any time;

(b)

the adoption order was made as a Convention adoption order within the meaning of—

(i)

section 144 of the 2002 Act;

(ii)

section 119(1) of the 2007 Act; or

(iii)

article 2(2) of the 1987 Order; or

(c)

prior to the adoption, A was adopted by the claimant, or either or both of the joint claimants, under the law of any country or territory outside the British Islands.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regs. 9-14 inserted (6.4.2017) by The Child Tax Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/387), regs. 1, 5

Modifications

C1

Reg. 11 modified (6.4.2017) by S.I. 2003/742, reg. 25C (as inserted by The Child Tax Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/387), regs. 1, 10)