The Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005

Requirements following a Convention adoption order or Convention adoption

32.—(1) Where the relevant Central Authority receives a copy of a Convention adoption order made by a court in England or Wales that Authority must issue a certificate in the form set out in Schedule 2 certifying that the adoption has been made in accordance with the Convention.

(2) A copy of the certificate issued under paragraph (1) must be sent to the—

(a) CA of the State of origin;

(b) adoptive parent; and

(c) adoption agency and, if different, the relevant local authority.

(3) Where a Convention adoption is made and the relevant Central Authority receives a certificate under Article 23(1) of the Convention in respect of that Convention adoption, the relevant Central Authority must send a copy of that certificate to the—

(a) adoptive parent; and

(b) adoption agency and, if different, the relevant local authority.

(1)

Article 23 provides that an adoption certificate certified by the competent authority of the State as having been made in accordance with the Convention shall be recognised by other contracting States. The certificate must specify when and by whom the agreement that the adoption could proceed was given.