Introductory text

Northern Ireland

ADOPTION

Made 13th January 2003

Coming into operation 1st June 2003

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety^f1, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 1(1), (3) and (5) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001^f2 and Articles 10 and 16A^f3 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987^f4 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)
f2: 2001 c. 11 (N.I.). Section 1 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 enables the Department to make regulations to give effect to the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption, concluded at the Hague on 29 May 1993
f3: Article 16A was inserted by Section 3 of 2001 c. 11 (N.I.)
f4: S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22) – as amended by S.I. 1994/429 (N.I. 2), S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2) and 2001 c. 11 (N.I.)