Part II REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURE, RECOGNITION AND EFFECT OF ADOPTION IN NORTHERN IRELAND WHERE THE UNITED KINGDOM IS THE RECEIVING STATE

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

1. 3Application for determination of eligibility, and assessment of suitability, to adopt
2. 4Eligibility requirements and requirement to notify
3. 5Requirement to provide counselling and information
4. 6Procedure in respect of carrying out an assessment
5. 7Adoption panel function
6. 8Adoption agency decision and notification
7. 9Procedure where the prospective adopter is approved by the adoption agency
8. 10Procedure following receipt of the Article 16 report from SOCA
9. 11Duty of adoption agency before the child’s arrival in Northern Ireland
10. 12Requirements following the child’s arrival in Northern Ireland but no Convention adoption is made in the State of origin
11. 13Duty of prospective adopter to notify HSS trust
12. 14Duty of prospective adopter where a child is placed with him
13. 15Prospective adopter unable to proceed with application to adopt
14. 16Surrender of the child to the relevant HSS trust
15. 17Breakdown of placement
16. 18Convention adoption subject to a probationary period
17. 19Prescribed requirements for the purposes of making a Convention adoption order
18. 20Procedural requirements following a Convention adoption order or Convention adoption – Article 23 of the Convention
19. 21Refusal of a court to make a Convention adoption order
20. 22Annulment of a Convention adoption order or a Convention adoption