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ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 2

Age and sex of applicant.

2.(1) An adoption order shall not be made in respect of an infant unless the
applicant

(a)is the mother or father of the infant; or

(b)is a relative of the infant, and has attained the age of twenty-one years;
or

(c)has attained the age of twenty-five years.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) an adoption order shall not be
made in respect of an infant on the joint application of two spouses unless

(a)one of the applicants is the mother or father of the infant; or

(b)the condition set out in subsection (1)(b) or (c) is satisfied in the case
of one of the applicants and the other of them has attained the age of
twenty-one years.

(3) An adoption order shall not be made in respect of an infant who is a
female in favour of a sole applicant who is a male, unless the court is
satisfied that there are special circumstances which justify as an exceptional
measure the making of an adoption order.

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