The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 No. 16

PART II REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURE, RECOGNITION AND EFFECT OF ADOPTION IN NORTHERN IRELAND WHERE THE UNITED KINGDOM IS THE RECEIVING STATE

Duty of adoption agency before the child’s arrival in Northern Ireland

11.  Where the adoption agency is informed by the Central Authority that the agreement under Article 17(c) of the Convention has been made and the adoption may proceed, the adoption agency must–

(a) send a written report of the child’s health history and current state of health, so far as it is known, to:

(i) a paediatrician designated by the HSS trust for the purposes of these regulations; and

(ii) the prospective adopter’s medical practitioner,

together with particulars of the placement;

(b) in a case where the adoption agency is not the HSS trust within whose area the prospective adopter has his home, notify that HSS trust of the particulars of the placement; and

(c) notify the Education and Library Board within whose area the prospective adopter has his home in writing of the particulars of the placement if the child is of compulsory school age within the meaning of Article 46 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(1) or if the adoption agency’s medical adviser(2) considers the child to have special needs or to be disabled.

(1)

S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3) – Article 46 was substituted by Article 156 of S.I. 1989/2406 (N.I. 20)

(2)

See Regulation 6(4) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations Back [2]