http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/20/section/25Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011An Act to amend the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 and the Presumption of Death Act (Northern Ireland) 2009; to provide for access to information relating to marriages and civil partnerships and information contained in the Adopted Children Register and the Gender Recognition Register, for the notification of the registration of marriages and civil partnerships, for the Registrar General to supply commemorative documents and for a register called the Record of Northern Ireland Connections; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2016-09-22Expert Participation2012-11-16 <Emphasis>Miscellaneous</Emphasis>Access to information in the Adopted Children Register251The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 22) (Adopted Children Register) shall be amended as follows.2In the definition of “prescribed” in Article 2(2), after the word “Articles” in the second place where it occurs there shall be inserted “ 50(4) and (6), ”.3In Article 50, after paragraph (3) there shall be added the following paragraphs—4The Department of Finance and Personnel may by regulations make provision for any person to have access, on payment of the prescribed fee, to any information contained in the Adopted Children Register.5Regulations under paragraph (4) may provide that the relevant period must have expired in relation to the information.6In paragraph (5) “the relevant period” in relation to the adoption of a child means the expiration of the period of 100 years from the date of the child's birth or such other period as may be prescribed.7Regulations under paragraph (4) may provide for the Registrar General—ato make arrangements with any person for the purpose of providing access to information as mentioned in that paragraph; andbfor that purpose to transfer information to that person subject to conditions (including conditions as to the making of payments by that person to the Registrar General)..S. 25 in operation at 16.11.2012 by S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
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