# The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991, Article 17: Application for adoption or freeing for adoption


(1) Subject to article 22, proceedings in a divorce county court, which is not also a family hearing centre, under section 12 or 18 of the Adoption Act 1976 shall, if the court is notified that the proceedings will be opposed, be transferred for trial to a family hearing centre.
(2) Where proceedings under the Adoption Act 1976 are to be transferred from a magistrates' court to a county court, they shall be transferred to a divorce county court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1677/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-allocation-of-proceedings-order-1991/article-17
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