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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-northern-ireland-1928/section-8A",
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  "legislation": "apni/1928/5",
  "legislation_title": "Legitimacy Act (Northern Ireland) 1928",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-northern-ireland-1928",
  "path": "section/8A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8A",
  "heading": "Legitimation of adopted child.",
  "text": "(1) Article 40 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 does not prevent an adopted child being legitimated under section 1 or 8 if either natural parent is the sole adoptive parent.\n(2) Where an adopted child (with a sole adoptive parent) is legitimated—\n(a) paragraph (2) of Article 40 shall not apply after the legitimation to the natural relationship with the other natural parent; and\n(b) revocation of the adoption order in consequence of the legitimation shall not affect Articles 40 to 42 as they apply to any instrument made before the date of legitimation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1995 NI 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nia/2022/18",
      "affecting_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nia/2022/18",
      "affecting_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    },
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      "affecting": "nia/2022/18",
      "affecting_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1928/5/section/8A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:34:59.417353+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."
}