Explanatory Memorandum

Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

2022 CHAPTER 18

27 April 2022

Commentary on Sections

Part 1 - Adoption

Chapter 3 - Placement for Adoption and Adoption Orders
Sections 33 to 37: Removal of children in non-agency cases

These sections cover restrictions on the removal of the child in non-agency cases, i.e. where the child has not been placed for adoption by an adoption agency. These include adoptions by the partner of a parent, cases where authority foster parents wish to adopt a child placed with them, and adoptions by relatives and private foster parents.