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The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987

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This Order—

(a)imposes on each Health and Social Services Board the duty to provide an adoption service for its area;

(b)makes new provision relating to the registration of adoption societies;

(c)places certain restrictions on arranging adoptions and placing children for adoption;

(d)makes provision to enable children to be freed for adoption with or without parental agreement;

(e)makes provision for the care and protection of children awaiting adoption;

(f)sets out the status of adopted children;

(g)makes provision for the registration of adoption orders;

(h)makes provision for adopted adults to obtain access to their birth records; and

(i)allows for the introduction of schemes for the payment of allowances to adopters and prospective adopters in certain circumstances.

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