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ADOPTION (HAGUE CONVENTION) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 5 

Recognition of foreign determinations in adoption proceedings.

5.(1) Where an authority of a convention country or a specified country having
power under the law of that country

(a)to authorise or review the authorisation of a foreign convention adoption
or a specified order; or

(b)to give or review a decision revoking or annulling a
foreign convention adoption, a specified order or a convention adoption order;

(2) In this Act "foreign convention adoption" means a foreign adoption of a
description designated by an order made under section 4(3) of the Adoption Act
1968 as that of an adoption regulated by the Convention.

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