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Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

Section 112: Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

Section 112 enables regulations made under subsection (1) to provide for:

  • orders that are made by a court in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands, and appear to correspond to orders made under a provision of the Act, to be given effect in Northern Ireland (subsection (1)(a));

  • any reference in the Act to an adoption agency to include an adoption agency in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands (subsection (1)(b));

  • a reference in the Act to other legislation, such as the Children Order, to include reference to corresponding legislation of the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands (subsection (1)(c)). An example would be where there is a reference to a care or supervision order made under the Children Order;

  • a reference in the Act to the United Kingdom or to Great Britain to also include the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands (subsection (1)(d)).

Subsection (2) enables regulations to modify any provision of the Act as it applies to an order made by a court in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or to anything done under the law of the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands.

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