Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 No. 11

SCHEDULE N.I. CONVENTION ON PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND CO-OPERATION IN RESPECT OF INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION

CHAPTER III N.I. CENTRAL AUTHORITIES AND ACCREDITED BODIES

Article 6 N.I.

1.  A Contracting State shall designate a Central Authority to discharge the duties which are imposed by the Convention upon such authorities. N.I.

2.  Federal States, States with more than one system of law or States having autonomous territorial units shall be free to appoint more than one Central Authority and to specify the territorial or personal extent of their functions. Where a State has appointed more than one Central Authority, it shall designate the Central Authority to which any communication may be addressed for transmission to the appropriate Central Authority within that State. N.I.