# The Registration of Foreign Adoptions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 5: Persons who may make an application


For the purpose of Article 53(3B) of the Order (Prescribed person who may make an application) a prescribed person is: –
(a) in the case of a couple, one of the adoptive parents;
(b) in the case of a sole adoptive parent, that parent;
(c) the adopted person who is over the age of 18 years;
(d) any person who has acquired parental responsibility within the meaning of Article 6 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/255/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-5
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