4 Deemed registration
Where on 29th October 2010, a person who carries on or manages a voluntary adoption agency, which was immediately before the commencement date registered under Article 4 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) 1987 as an adoption society, that person is to be treated for all purposes, as if he had been registered under Part III of the 2003 Order on that date.
S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I.22)