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The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

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The Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 11)

In section 2 (Central Authority and accredited bodies)—

(a)after subsection (2) insert the following subsection—

(2A) A voluntary adoption agency in respect of which a person is registered under Part III of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 is an accredited body for the purposes of the Convention if, in accordance with the conditions of the registration, the agency may provide facilities in respect of Convention adoptions and adoptions effected by Convention adoption orders.;

(b)for subsection (5) substitute the following subsection—

(5) In this section “voluntary adoption agency” has the same meaning as in the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003; and expressions which are also used in the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 22) (“the 1987 Order”) have the same meaning as in that Order..

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