{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/255",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Foreign Adoptions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES ETC.\nADOPTION\nMade 24th April 2003\nComing into operation 1st June 2003\nThe Department of Finance and Personnel in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 53(3B) and (3D) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22); Article 53 was amended by section 10(2) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (2001 c. 11 (N.I.)) (“the 2001 Act”). See also definition of “prescribed” in Article 2(2) which was amended by Article 6(3) of S.R. 1993 No. 494; paragraph 138(7) of Schedule 9 to S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2); Section 14(1)(b) of the 2001 Act and paragraph 53 of Schedule 3 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/255/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:02:43.497271+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."
}