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Article 6(4).

F1SCHEDULE 1N.I.APPEAL TRIBUNALS

F1prosp. rep. by 2003 NI 9

ConstitutionN.I.

1.  An Appeal Tribunal shall consist of the following members, that is to say—

  • a chairman, who shall be a practising barrister-at-law[F2 or solicitor] of not less than 7 years' standing, appointed by the[F3Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission];

  • a member appearing to the Department to be a suitably qualified person with experience in children's welfare work, appointed by the Department;

  • a member with experience in the administration of a voluntary organisation concerned with the welfare of children, appointed by the Department.

2.  An officer of a government department shall not be appointed a member of an Appeal Tribunal.

3.  Any decision of an Appeal Tribunal shall be made by the chairman after consultation with the other members.

4.  The Department may nominate one of its officers to act as clerk of an Appeal Tribunal.

ProcedureN.I.

5.  An Appeal Tribunal may give directions with respect to the practice and procedure to be followed in any proceedings before the Tribunal and any thing incidental to or consequential on such proceedings.

CostsN.I.

6.  An Appeal Tribunal may make orders as to the costs incurred by the Department and the appellant and as to the parties by whom the costs are to be paid; and any costs of the Department which are so ordered to be paid by the appellant shall be a debt recoverable summarily by the Department from the appellant.

Article 51.

SCHEDULE 2N.I.FORM OF ENTRY IN ADOPTED CHILDREN REGISTER

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No. of entryDate and country of birth of childName and surname of childSex of childName and surname, address and occupation of adopter or adoptersDate of adoption order and description of court by which madeDate of entrySignature of officer deputed by Registrar General to attest the entry

Article 72(1).

SCHEDULE 3N.I.TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS

1.  Where any period of time specified in a statutory provision repealed by this Order is current at the commencement date, this Order shall have effect as if the corresponding provision thereof had been in force when that period began to run.N.I.

2.  Sub‐para. (1) rep. 1995 NI 2

(2) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 52, shall apply in relation to an adoption order made before the commencement date as if the order had been made under Article 12, but as if, in sub-paragraph (b) of the said paragraph (1), there were substituted for the reference to Article 51(4) or (5) a reference to section 14(4) or (5) of the Adoption of Children Act (Northern Ireland) 1950F4 or, as the case requires, section 24(4) or (5) of the Adoption Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.

(3) The power of the court under Article 52(1) to amend an order includes power, in relation to an order made before 1st December 1969, to make on the application of the adopter or adopted person any such amendment of the particulars contained in the order as appears to be required to bring the order into the form in which it would have been made if Article 52 had applied to the order.

(4) Paragraphs (1) and (4) of Article 55 shall apply in relation to an adoption order made under a statutory provision at any time before the commencement date as they apply in relation to an adoption order made under this Order.

3.  Any register, or index to a register, kept under the Adoption Act (Northern Ireland) 1967, or any register or index deemed to be part of such a register, shall be deemed to be part of the register kept under Article 50.N.I.

4.—(1) Article 40—N.I.

(a)does not apply to an existing instrument or statutory provision in so far as it contains a disposition of property, and

(b)does not apply to any public general Act or Measure in its application to any disposition of property in an existing instrument or statutory provision.

(2) Sections 18 and 19 of the Adoption Act (Northern Ireland) 1967F5, and provisions containing references to those sections shall continue to apply in relation to dispositions of property effected by existing instruments notwithstanding the repeal of those sections and such provisions.

(3) Article 46 shall apply in relation to this paragraph as if it were contained in Part V.

5.  The reference in Article 58(1) to an order under Article 57 includes an order under section 38 of the Adoption Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.N.I.

6.  The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect without prejudice to sections 28 and 29 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F6.N.I.

7.  In this Schedule “commencement date” for the purpose of any provision of this Schedule, means the day appointed under Article 1(2) for the coming into operation of that provision.N.I.

N.I.

SCHEDULE 4—Amendments

N.I.

SCHEDULE 5—Repeals

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