Explanatory Memorandum

Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

2022 CHAPTER 18

27 April 2022

Commentary on Sections

Part 1 - Adoption

Chapter 5 – Registers
Section 81: Interpretation

Section 81 provides interpretation in respect of the provisions in Chapter 5. It defines the terms “prescribed”, "records", "registers of births" and “regulations”. It also provides that the Registrar General may maintain in any form any register, record or index which the Registrar General is required to keep under these provisions.