# The Registration of Foreign Adoptions Regulations 2003, Regulation 4: Person who may make an application


For the purposes of paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act (persons who may make an application), the specified persons are—
(a) in the case of—
(i) an adoption by a married couple, one of the adoptive parents of the adopted child;
(ii) an adoption by one person, the adoptive parent of the adopted child;
(b) any other person who has parental responsibility within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989 for the adopted child;
(c) the adopted child who has attained the age of 18 years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1255/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-2003/regulation-4
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