<Legislation xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22" NumberOfProvisions="12" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation http://www.legislation.gov.uk/schema/legislation.xsd" SchemaVersion="1.0" RestrictExtent="N.I." RestrictStartDate="2020-01-13"><ukm:Metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata">
					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5</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>
					
					<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/data.xml" type="application/xml"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/resources" title="More Resources"/>
					
					
					
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22" title="whole act"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/introduction" title="introduction"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/body" title="body"/>
					
					
										
					
					
					
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/data.rdf" title="RDF/XML"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/data.akn" title="AKN"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/data.csv" title="CSV"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>

					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/contents" title="Table of Contents"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/2006-01-01" title="2006-01-01"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="up" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22" title="Entire legislation"/><atom:link rel="prev" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/4" title="Provision; Section 4"/><atom:link rel="prevInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/4" title="Provision; Section 4"/><atom:link rel="next" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/6" title="Provision; Section 6"/><atom:link rel="nextInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/6" title="Provision; Section 6"/>
					<ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="NorthernIrelandParliamentAct"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="1969"/><ukm:Number Value="22"/><ukm:EnactmentDate Date="1969-11-11"/><ukm:UnappliedEffects><ukm:UnappliedEffect RequiresApplied="true" AffectedYear="1969" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 5" AffectedClass="NorthernIrelandParliamentAct" AffectingNumber="18" Modified="2024-11-05T10:41:51Z" AffectedNumber="22" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/18" Row="314" AffectingYear="2022" AffectingClass="NorthernIrelandAct" AffectingEffectsExtent="N.I." Type="repealed" AffectedProvisions="Act" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-0f8de0d199951539657700895cc502b6" EffectId="key-0f8de0d199951539657700895cc502b6"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Adoption (Hague Convention) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions>Act</ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/18/schedule/5">Sch. 5</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Savings><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/18/schedule/4">Sch. 4 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4-paragraph-8" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/18/schedule/4/paragraph/8">para. 8</ukm:Section></ukm:Savings><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-160-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/18/section/160/1">s. 160(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect></ukm:UnappliedEffects></ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
					

                    
									 
					
					
					<ukm:Statistics>
									<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="12"/>
									<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="12"/>
									<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="0"/>
									<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
									<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
								</ukm:Statistics>
				</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/n2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/part/chapter/n2" NumberOfProvisions="4" id="part-chapter-n2" RestrictStartDate="2020-01-13"><Number/><Title>Recognition of foreign adoptions and adoption proceedings</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01"><Title>Recognition of foreign determinations in adoption proceedings.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/section/5" id="section-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/section/5/1" id="section-5-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where an authority of a convention country<Addition ChangeId="d29p256" CommentaryRef="c11604451"> or any British territory</Addition><Addition ChangeId="d29p256" CommentaryRef="c11604451"><Addition ChangeId="d29p258" CommentaryRef="c11604461"> outside the United Kingdom</Addition></Addition><Addition ChangeId="d29p256" CommentaryRef="c11604451"> having power under the law of that country or territory</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/section/5/1/a" id="section-5-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to authorise or review the authorisation of a foreign convention adoption<CommentaryRef Ref="c11604491"/>. . . ; or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/section/5/1/b" id="section-5-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to give or review a decision revoking or annulling a foreign convention adoption,<CommentaryRef Ref="c11604491"/>. . .  or a convention adoption order;</Text></P3para></P3><Text>makes a determination in the exercise of that power, then, subject to section 6 of this Act and any subsequent determination having effect under this subsection, the determination shall have effect in Northern Ireland for the purpose of effecting, confirming or terminating the adoption in question or confirming its termination, as the case may be.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/22/section/5/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/22/section/5/2" id="section-5-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this Act “foreign convention adoption”

 means a foreign adoption of a description designated by an order made under<Addition ChangeId="d29p287" CommentaryRef="c11604461"> section 72(2) of the Adoption Act 1976</Addition> as that of an adoption regulated by the Convention.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c11604451" Type="F"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1987/ni22" id="c00004" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" Year="1987" AlternativeNumber="22">1987 NI 22</Citation></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c11604461" Type="F"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1995/ni2" id="c00005" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" Year="1995" AlternativeNumber="2">1995 NI 2</Citation></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c11604491" Type="F"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2001/11" id="c00006" Class="NorthernIrelandAct" Year="2001" Number="11">2001 c. 11 (NI)</Citation></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>