{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-register-northern-ireland-regulations-2005/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-register-northern-ireland-regulations-2005/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/187",
  "legislation_title": "Gender Recognition Register (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-register-northern-ireland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires –\n“the 2004 Act” means the Gender Recognition Act 2004;\n“the Adopted Children Register” means the registers compiled by the Registrar General under section 11 of the Adoption of Children Act (Northern Ireland) 1929, section 14 of the Adoption of Children Act (Northern Ireland) 1950, section 23 of the Adoption Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 and Article 50 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987;\n“Parental Order Register” means the register held by the Registrar General under Article 50 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 as modified by Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) Regulations 1994.\n(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1929 c. 15 (20 Geo. 5); the whole Act was repealed by the Adoption of Children Act (NI) 1950 section 33"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1950 c. 6 (13 & 14 Geo. 6); the whole Act was repealed by the Adoption Act (NI) 1967 section 47"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1967 c. 35 (15 & 16 Eliz. 2) as amended by the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/600 N.I. 8); the whole Act was repealed by the Adoption (NI) Order 1987 Schedule 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/2203 N.I. 22"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1994 No. 2767"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/187/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:52:45.163381+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."
}