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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-3.json",
  "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": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Requirements for registration",
  "text": "(1) An application for an entry to be made in the Adopted Children Register in respect of a Convention adoption may be made only if the person making the application provides –\n(a) the Article 23(1) certificate made under the Convention by the Central Authority of the appropriate Convention country or a copy of that certificate certified as a true copy of the original by a notary public or equivalent officer; and\n(b) where appropriate, a translation of that certificate into English certified by a translator the costs to be borne by the applicants.\n(2) An application for an entry to be made in the Adopted Children Register in respect of an overseas adoption may be made only if the person making the application provides –\n(a) either –\n(i) a certified copy of the adoption order made in respect of the adopted child; or\n(ii) a certified copy of an entry made, in respect of the adopted child, in accordance with the law of the country or territory concerned, in a public register relating to the recording of adoptions, and showing that the adoption has been effected; and\n(b) where appropriate, a translation of that order or entry into English certified by a translator the costs to be borne by the applicants.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/255/regulation/3",
    "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."
}