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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/16",
  "legislation_title": "The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ADOPTION\nMade 13th January 2003\nComing into operation 1st June 2003\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 1(1), (3) and (5) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 and Articles 10 and 16A of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Article 16A was inserted by Section 3 of 2001 c. 11 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "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.)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/16/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:14.848133+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."
}