Adoption and Children Act 2002 Explanatory Notes

Section 107: Use of adoption records from other parts of the British Islands

261.Section 107 allows any document that can be used as evidence in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, or any of the Channel Islands, under the provisions set out in this section, also to be used as evidence of that matter in England and Wales. This section replaces section 60 of the Adoption Act 1976 which did not extend to the Isle of Man or Channel Islands.

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