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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/2</dc:identifier><dc:title>Adoption (Hague Convention) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision for extending the powers of the court to make orders with respect to the adoption of children; for enabling effect to be given in Northern Ireland to adoptions effected in other countries and to determinations of authorities in other countries with respect to adoptions; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2020-03-10</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2020-01-13</dct:valid>
					
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/body" NumberOfProvisions="12" RestrictStartDate="2020-01-13"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/part" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/part" NumberOfProvisions="12" id="part" RestrictStartDate="2020-01-13"><Title/><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/part/chapter" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/part/chapter" NumberOfProvisions="2" id="part-chapter" RestrictStartDate="2020-01-13"><Number/><Title>Further provision for adoption in Northern Ireland</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="N.I." RestrictStartDate="2020-01-13"><Title>Application of Order of 1987 to convention adoption orders.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/section/2" id="section-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P1para><Text>The Order of 1987 shall have effect in relation to an adoption order to be made as a convention adoption order subject to the following modifications—</Text><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/section/2/a" id="section-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P2para><Text>in Article  <Substitution ChangeId="key-75936552c9b3435aa3df5de5077fa6b9-1583509295493" CommentaryRef="key-75936552c9b3435aa3df5de5077fa6b9">14(4) (adoption by couples)</Substitution> , at the end there shall be added <InlineAmendment>“
                    or the application is for a convention adoption order and section 1 of the Adoption (Hague Convention) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 is complied with
                  ”</InlineAmendment>;</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/section/2/b" id="section-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P2para><Text>in Article 15(2) (adoption by one person), at the end there shall be added <InlineAmendment>“
                    or the application is for a convention adoption order and section 1 of the Adoption (Hague Convention) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 is complied with
                  ”</InlineAmendment>;</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/section/2/c" id="section-2-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P2para><Text>in Article 16(2) (parental agreement) at the end there shall be inserted

—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="unknown" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="unknown" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>2A</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Paragraph (1) does not apply in any case where the child is not a United Kingdom national and the application for the adoption order is for a convention adoption order.</Text></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-75936552c9b3435aa3df5de5077fa6b9" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="cp2likbu3-00006" SectionRef="section-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/section/2/a">s. 2(a)</CitationSubRef> substituted (13.1.2020) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/1514" id="cp2likbu3-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="1514" Title="The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019">The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cp2likbu3-00008" CitationRef="cp2likbu3-00007" SectionRef="regulation-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cp2likbu3-00009" CitationRef="cp2likbu3-00007" SectionRef="regulation-29-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/29/3" Operative="true">29(3)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="cp2likbu3-00010" CitationRef="cp2likbu3-00007" StartSectionRef="regulation-6" EndSectionRef="regulation-9" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/6" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/9">regs. 6-9</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>