ADOPTION (HAGUE CONVENTION) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969

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ADOPTION (HAGUE CONVENTION) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 12

1954 c.33

12. In this Act

"the Act of 1967" means the Adoption Act (Northern Ireland) 1967;

"the Convention" means the Convention mentioned in the preamble;

"convention adoption order" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1);

"convention country" means any country (excluding Northern Ireland and a
specified country) for the time being designated by an order made under
section 11(1) of the Adoption Act 1968 as a country in which the Convention is
in force;

"the court" means the High Court;

"internal law" in relation to any country means the law applicable in a case
where no question arises as to the law in force in any other country;

"foreign adoption" has the meaning assigned to it by section 4(3);

"foreign convention adoption" has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(2);

"prescribed" means prescribed by rules;

"qualified infant" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(3);

"qualified person" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(3);

"qualified spouses" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(3);

"reside" means habitually reside;

"rules" means rules made under section 11;

"specified country" means, for the purposes of any provision of this Act,
Great Britain and any country other than Northern Ireland which is a
specified country for the purposes of any corresponding provision of the
Adoption Act 1968;

"specified order" means an adoption order made under any enactment in force in
a specified country and corresponding to section 1; and

"United Kingdom national" means, for the purposes of any provision of
this Act, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies satisfying such
conditions, if any, as may be specified by an order made under section 11(1)
of the Adoption Act 1968 for the purposes of any corresponding provision of
that Act.

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ADOPTION (HAGUE CONVENTION) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 12