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Part 1SAdoption

Chapter 5SRegistration

56Admissibility of extracts as evidenceS

(1)An extract of an entry in the Adopted Children Register issued by virtue of section 54(2)(b) is sufficient evidence of the adoption to which it relates.

(2)Where an entry in the Adopted Children Register contains a record of—

(a)the date of birth, or

(b)the country of the birth,

of the adopted person, an extract of the entry issued by virtue of that section is sufficient evidence of that date or, as the case may be, country.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I1S. 56 in force at 28.9.2009 by S.S.I. 2009/267, arts. 1(2), 2 (with arts. 3-21) (as amended (7.5.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/99, art. 2)