{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-4A.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-4A.7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/75",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4A.7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4A.7",
  "heading": "Agreement",
  "text": "(1) Any document signifying the agreement of a person to the making of an adoption order shall be in Form A3, and, shall, if executed in Northern Ireland, be witnessed by a Justice of the Peace.\n(2) If the document is executed in Scotland it shall be witnessed by a Justice of the Peace or a Sheriff.\n(3) If the document is executed in England and Wales it shall be witnessed by a Justice of the Peace.\n(4) If the document is executed outside the United Kingdom it shall be witnessed by one of the following persons –\n(a) any person for the time being authorised by law in the place where the document is executed to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose;\n(b) a British consular officer;\n(c) a notary public; or\n(d) if the person executing the document is serving in any of the regular armed forces of the Crown, an officer holding a commission in any of those forces.\n(5) If the document is executed by a person outside Northern Ireland before the commencement of the proceedings it shall be filed with the application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/75/schedule/1/paragraph/4A.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:04:36.365342+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."
}