ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967

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ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 24

1967 c.25

24.(1) Every adoption order shall contain a direction to the Registrar General
to make in the Adopted Children Register an entry in the form set out in
Schedule 1, and (subject to subsection (2)) shall specify the particulars to
be entered under the headings in columns 2 to 6 of that Schedule.

(2) For the purposes of compliance with the requirements of subsection (1)

(a)where the precise date of the infant's birth is not proved to the
satisfaction of the court, the court shall determine the probable date of his
birth and the date so determined shall be specified in the order as the date
of his birth;

(b)where the country of birth of the infant is not proved to the satisfaction
of the court, then, if it appears probable that the infant was born within the
United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, he shall be treated as
having been born in Northern Ireland, and in any other case the particulars of
the country of birth may be omitted from the order and from the entry in the
Adopted Children Register; and

(c)the names to be specified in the order as the name and surname of the
infant shall be the name or names and surname stated in that behalf in the
application for the adoption order, or, if no name or surname is so stated,
the original name or names of the infant and the surname of the applicant.

(3) The particulars to be entered in the Adopted Children Register under the
heading in column 2 of Schedule 1 shall include

(a)in the case of an infant born in Northern Ireland, the district of the ...
Registrar of Births and Deaths in which the birth took place; and

(b)where the infant was born in Northern Ireland but the district of the ...
Registrar of Births and Deaths in which the birth took place is not proved to
the satisfaction of the court, or where the infant is treated by virtue of
subsection (2)(b) as born in Northern Ireland, he shall be treated for the
purposes of this subsection as born in the district of the ... Registrar of
Births and Deaths in which the court sits.

(4) Where upon any application for an adoption order in respect of an infant
born in Northern Ireland (not being an infant who has previously been the
subject of an adoption order under this Act or any enactment at the time in
force) there is proved to the satisfaction of the court the identity of the
infant with a child to whom an entry in the Register of Births relates, any
adoption order made in pursuance of the application shall contain a direction
to the Registrar General to cause the entry in the Register of Births to be
marked with the word "Adopted".

(5) Where an adoption order is made in respect of an infant who has previously
been the subject of an adoption order made under this Act or any enactment at
the time in force, the order shall contain a direction to the Registrar
General to cause the previous entry in the Adopted Children Register to be
marked with the word "Re-adopted".

(6) The prescribed officer of the court shall cause every adoption order to be
communicated in the prescribed manner to the Registrar General, and upon
receipt of the communication the Registrar General shall cause compliance to
be made with the directions contained in the order.

(7) Where an adoption order is communicated to the Registrar General in
accordance with subsection (6), and the country of birth of the infant or the
country in which the infant was previously adopted is shown therein as being
England or Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands, the
Registrar General shall cause a notification giving particulars of the entry
to be marked and a statement that an adoption order has been granted in
respect of the child, to be transmitted to the authority maintaining the
Register of Births or the Adopted Children Register or any corresponding
register of adoptions, as the case may be, in such country.

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ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 24