# The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations 2003, Regulation 21: Prescribed requirements for the purposes of making a Convention adoption order


(1) For the purposes of section 17 of the 1976 Act (requirements in respect of adoption order made as a Convention adoption order), where the United Kingdom is the receiving State the prescribed requirements are—
(a) both spouses (in the case of an application by a married couple) or the applicant (in the case of an application by one person) have been habitually resident in any part of the British Islands for a period of not less than 1 year ending with the date of the application;
(b) the child to be adopted has not attained the age of 18 years on the date of the application;
(c) the child to be adopted was, on the date on which the agreement under Article 17(c) was made, habitually resident in a Convention country outside the British Islands; and
(d) in a case where the applicant (in the case of an application by one person) or one of the spouses (in the case of an application by a married couple) is not a British citizen by virtue of the British Nationality Act 1981, the Home Office has confirmed that the child is authorised to enter and reside permanently in the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/118/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-21
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