Intercountry adoptions
11 Six months residence required for certain intercountry adoptions.
“(4)
In relation to—
(a)
an adoption proposed to be effected by a Convention adoption order; or
(b)
an adoption of a child habitually resident outside the British Islands which is proposed to be effected by an adoption order other than a Convention adoption order,
subsection (1) shall have effect as if the reference to the preceding 13 weeks were a reference to the preceding six months.”