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ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 19

1950 c.6

19.(1) For the purposes of the application of the statutes for the time being
in force with respect to the devolution of any property on intestacy in
accordance with the provisions of section 18, and for the purposes of the
construction of any such disposition as is mentioned in that section, an
adopted person shall be deemed to be related to any other person being the
child or adopted child of the adopter or (in the case of a joint adoption) of
either of the adopters

(a)where he or she was adopted by two spouses jointly, and that other person
is the child or adopted child of both of them, as brother or sister of the
whole blood;

(b)in any other case, as brother or sister of the half-blood.

(2) For the purposes of section 18(3), a disposition made by will or codicil
shall be treated as made on the date of the death of the testator.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in section 18, trustees or personal
representatives may convey or distribute any property to or among the persons
entitled thereto without having ascertained that no adoption order has been
made by virtue of which any person is or may be entitled to any interest
therein, and shall not be liable to any such person of whose claim they have
not had notice at the time of the conveyance or distribution.

(4) Nothing in subsection (3) shall prejudice the right of any such person to
follow the property, or any property representing it, into the hands of any
person, other than a purchaser, who may have received it.

(5) Where an adoption order is made in respect of a person who has been
previously adopted, the previous adoption shall be disregarded for the
purposes of section 18 in relation to the devolution of any property on the
death of a person dying intestate after the date of the subsequent
adoption order and in relation to any disposition of property made, or taking
effect on the death of a person dying, after that date.

(6) The references in this section to an adoption order shall be construed in
accordance with section 18(5).

(7) For the purposes of this section and section 18

(a)"convey" includes the making of any assurance of property or of any estate
or interest therein by any instrument whatsoever except a will and
"conveyance" shall be construed accordingly;

(b)"disposition" includes both a conveyance and a devise, bequest or
appointment of property contained in a will; and

(c)"property" includes property of every description whether movable or
immovable.

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