http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/2203/signature/made
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
Adoption
Child protection
Children in care
Child care
Couples
Government Printer for Northern Ireland
2016-10-27
NORTHERN IRELAND
This Order—imposes on each Health and Social Services Board the duty to provide an adoption service for its area;makes new provision relating to the registration of adoption societies;places certain restrictions on arranging adoptions and placing children for adoption;makes provision to enable children to be freed for adoption with or without parental agreement;makes provision for the care and protection of children awaiting adoption;sets out the status of adopted children;makes provision for the registration of adoption orders;makes provision for adopted adults to obtain access to their birth records; andallows for the introduction of schemes for the payment of allowances to adopters and prospective adopters in certain circumstances.
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
art. 29(3)(a)
Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Sch. 1 para. 112(30(a)
s. 8(1)(b)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
art. 39(2)
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Sch. 3
para. 9
s. 160(1)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
Art. 59(1)
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Sch. 4
para. 1(4)
s. 160(1)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
art. 60(1A)
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Sch. 4
para. 6(a)
s. 160(1)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
art. 60(2)
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Sch. 4
para. 6(b)
s. 160(1)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
art. 57-71
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Sch. 5
s. 160(1)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
art. 72(3)
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Sch. 5
s. 160(1)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
Pt. 2-4
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Sch. 5
Sch. 4
para. 1-4
s. 160(1)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
Pt. 6
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Sch. 5
Sch. 4
para. 1
s. 160(1)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
Sch. 2
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Sch. 5
s. 160(1)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
Sch. 5
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Sch. 5
s. 160(1)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
s. 6(2)
The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019
reg. 29(4)
reg. 6-9
reg. 1(2)
The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
Sch.4
para.1
Northern Ireland Act 1998
s.100(2)
Sch.15
G. I de DeneyClerk of the Privy Council