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Article 112 Copies of orders

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(1)

Within 7 days beginning with the date on which the final order was made in proceedings or such shorter time as the court may direct a court officer will send—

(a)

a copy of the order to the applicant;

(b)

a copy, which is sealed, authenticated with the stamp of the court or certified as a true copy, of—

(i)

an adoption order;

(ii)

a section 89 order; or

(iii)

an order quashing or revoking an adoption order or allowing an appeal against an adoption order

to the Registrar General;

(c)

a copy of a Convention adoption order to the relevant Central Authority;

(d)

a copy of a section 89 order relating to a Convention adoption order or a Convention adoption to the—

(i)

relevant Central Authority;

(ii)

adopters;

(iii)

adoption agency; and

(iv)

local authority;

(e)

unless the court directs otherwise, a copy of a contact order or a variation or revocation of a contact order to the—

(i)

person with whom the child is living;

(ii)

adoption agency; and

(iii)

local authority; and

(f)

a notice of the making or refusal of—

(i)

the final order; or

(ii)

an order quashing or revoking an adoption order or allowing an appeal against an order in proceedings

to every respondent and, with the permission of the court, any other person.

(2)

The court officer will also send notice of the making of an adoption order or a section 84 order to—

(a)

any court in Great Britain which appears to him to have made any such order as is referred to in section 46(2) (order relating to parental responsibility for, and maintenance of, the child); and

(b)

the principal registry of the Family Division, if it appears to him that a parental responsibility agreement has been recorded at the principal registry.

(3)

A copy of any final order may be sent to any other person with the permission of the court.

(4)

The court officer will send a copy of any order made during the course of the proceedings to all the parties to those proceedings unless the court directs otherwise.

(5)

If an order has been drawn up in Welsh as well as English in accordance with rule 111(2) any reference in this rule to sending an order is to be taken as a reference to sending both the Welsh and English orders.