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ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 9 

Jurisdiction and procedure.

9.(1) Without prejudice to section 8(5) and subject to subsection (2), an
application for an adoption order may be made, in accordance with Adoption
Rules, to the High Court or at the option of the applicant to any county court
within the jurisdiction of which either the applicant or the infant resides at
the date of that application.

(2) In relation to an applicant for an adoption order who is domiciled but not
ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland, subsection (1) shall apply with the
substitution of the word "lives" for the word "resides".

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