Regulation 32 Prescribed requirements for the purposes of making a Convention adoption order

both spouses (in the case of an application by a married couple) are, or the applicant (in the case of an application by one person) is, habitually resident in a Convention country outside the British Islands on the date of the application;

the child to be adopted is free for adoption by virtue of an order made under section 18 of the 1976 Act, section 18 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, or Article 17(1) or 18(1) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987;

the child to be adopted is habitually resident in any part of the British Islands on the date of the application; and

the child to be adopted has not attained the age of 18 years on the date of the application.