Prospective
Regulation 9
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 in operation at 1.6.2003, see reg. 1
Regulations 20 and 31
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 2 in operation at 1.6.2003, see reg. 1
Regulation 32(1)
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 3 in operation at 1.6.2003, see reg. 1
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Provisions of the 1987 Order | Modifications (if any) |
Article 12 (adoption orders) | As if at the beginning of paragraphs (5) and (7) there were inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (8),”. As if there were inserted at the end “(8) An adoption order may not be made in relation to a person who has attained the age of 19 years”. |
Article 16 (parental agreement) | As if for paragraph (1) there were substituted “A convention adoption order shall not be made unless an agreement under Article 17(c) of the Convention has been made in respect of the child” and paragraphs (2) to (5) were omitted. |
Article 22 (notification to Board or HSS trust of adoption application, where child not placed by adoption agency) | As if the words in paragraph (1) “not placed with the applicant by an adoption agency” there were substituted “entrusted to the applicants by a competent authority within the meaning of Article 17 of the Convention”. |
Article 28 (restrictions on removal where adoption agreed) | As if for paragraph (1) there were substituted “Where an application for a Convention adoption order is pending the parent or guardian is not entitled to remove the child from the home of the applicant except with the leave of the court.”, paragraphs (2) and (2A) were omitted, and in paragraph (3) “or (2)” were omitted. |
Article 31 (return of children placed for adoption by adoption agencies) | As if Article 31 were omitted. |
Article 32 (application of Article 31 where child not placed for adoption) | As if Article 32 were omitted. |
Regulation 33
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 4 in operation at 1.6.2003, see reg. 1
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Provisions of the Adoption Agencies Regulations | Modifications (if any) |
Regulation 7 | In relation to a case where the United Kingdom is the receiving State, as if regulation 7 were omitted. |
Regulations 8 to 12 | As if regulations 8 to 12 were omitted. |
Regulation 14 | As if in paragraph (2) the words– (i) “regulations 7(2)(a), 8(2)(a) or 9(3)” were substituted by the words “regulations 7(2)(a) or under the Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003”; and (ii) “these regulations” were substituted by the words “those regulations”. |