The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 No. 16 xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
Introductory Text
PART I GENERAL
1.Citation and commencement
2.Interpretation
PART II REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURE, RECOGNITION AND EFFECT OF ADOPTION IN NORTHERN IRELAND WHERE THE UNITED KINGDOM IS THE RECEIVING STATE
3.Application for determination of eligibility, and assessment of suitability, to adopt
4.Eligibility requirements and requirement to notify
5.Requirement to provide counselling and information
6.Procedure in respect of carrying out an assessment
7.Adoption panel function
8.Adoption agency decision and notification
9.Procedure where the prospective adopter is approved by the adoption agency
10.Procedure following receipt of the Article 16 report from SOCA
11.Duty of adoption agency before the child’s arrival in Northern Ireland
12.Requirements following the child’s arrival in Northern Ireland but no Convention adoption is made in the State of origin
13.Duty of prospective adopter to notify HSS trust
14.Duty of prospective adopter where a child is placed with him
15.Prospective adopter unable to proceed with application to adopt
16.Surrender of the child to the relevant HSS trust
17.Breakdown of placement
18.Convention adoption subject to a probationary period
19.Prescribed requirements for the purposes of making a Convention adoption order
20.Procedural requirements following a Convention adoption order or Convention adoption – Article 23 of the Convention
21.Refusal of a court to make a Convention adoption order
22.Annulment of a Convention adoption order or a Convention adoption
PART III REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE WHERE THE UNITED KINGDOM IS THE STATE OF ORIGIN
23.Duty of adoption agency in respect of assessment of a child
24.Adoption panel function
25.HSS trust decision and notification
26.Receipt of Article 15 report from RSCA
27.Duty of adoption panel in respect of a proposed placement
28.HSS trust decision in respect of a placement
29.Preparation of the Article 16 report for RSCA
30.Prescribed requirements for the purposes of making a Convention adoption order
31.Procedural requirements following a Convention adoption order or Convention adoption – Article 23 of the Convention
PART IV MISCELLANEOUS
32.Application, with modifications, of provisions of the 1987 Order
33.Application, with modifications, of provisions of the Adoption Agencies Regulations
34.Offences
35.Transitional provision
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
APPLICATION, WITH MODIFICATIONS, OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE 1987 ORDER
SCHEDULE 4
APPLICATION, WITH MODIFICATIONS, OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ADOPTION AGENCIES REGULATIONS
Explanatory Note