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Status:This version of this cross heading contains provisions that are prospective.StatusThe term provision is used to describe a definable element in a piece of legislation that has legislative effect – such as a Part, Chapter or section. A version of a provision is prospective either:where the provision (Part, Chapter or section) has never come into force or;where the text of the provision is subject to change, but no date has yet been appointed by the appropriate person or body for those changes to come into force.Commencement Orders listed in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ box as not yet applied may bring this prospective version into force.Changes to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999:Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing provisions within this Act into force:S.I. 2003/189 art. 2 commences (1999 c. 18)S.I. 2003/362 art. 2 commences (1999 c. 18)S.S.I. 2003/121 art. 2 commences (1999 c. 18)Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2003/152 art. 2 commences (2000 c. 14)S.I. 2003/365 art. 3 commences (2000 c. 14)S.I. 2003/501 art. 2 commences (2000 c. 14)S.I. 2005/2213 art. 2 3 commences (2002 c. 38)S.I. 2005/2897 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 38)S.S.I. 2004/100 art. 2 3 commences (2001 asp 8)S.S.I. 2009/267 art. 2 commences (2007 asp 4) Intercountry adoptionsE+W+S9 Adoption Service to include intercountry adoptions etc.E+W+SAfter subsection (3) of section 1 of the 1976 and 1978 Acts (establishment of Adoption Service) there shall be inserted—
“(3A)In this Part, references to adoption are to the adoption of children, wherever they may be habitually resident, effected under the law of any country or territory, whether within or outside the British Islands.”
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Commencement InformationI1S. 9 partly in force; s. 9 not in force at Royal Force; s. 9 in force for certain purposes at 30.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/1279, art. 2; s. 9 in force for certain purposes at 2.7.2001 by S.S.I. 2001/235, art. 2Prospective10 Approval of adoption societies to provide intercountry adoption services.E+W+SAfter subsection (6) of section 3 of the 1976 Act (approval of adoption societies) there shall be inserted—
“(6A)Approval under this section may be given on terms that the applicant may act as an adoption society either—
(a)in relation to facilities provided in respect of adoptions other than those mentioned in subsection (6B); or
(b)in relation to facilities provided in respect of any adoptions, including those so mentioned.
(6B)The adoptions are—
(a)a Convention adoption;
(b)an adoption effected by a Convention adoption order;
(c)an overseas adoption;
(d)an adoption of a child habitually resident in the British Islands which is not a Convention adoption and is effected under the law of a country or territory outside the British Islands; and
(e)an adoption of a child habitually resident outside the British Islands which is effected by an adoption order other than a Convention adoption order.”
[F110 Approval of adoption societies to provide intercountry adoption services.E+W+SAfter subsection (6) of section 3 of the 1976 Act (approval of adoption societies) there shall be inserted—
(e)an adoption of a child habitually resident outside the British Islands which is effected by an adoption order other than a Convention adoption order.”]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1S. 10 repealed (prosp.) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 117(2), 122, Sch. 6Prospective11 Six months residence required for certain intercountry adoptions.E+W+SAfter subsection (3) of section 13 of the 1976 and 1978 Acts (child to live with adopters before order is made) there shall be inserted—
“(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.”
[F211 Six months residence required for certain intercountry adoptions.E+W+SAfter subsection (3) of section 13 of the 1976 and 1978 Acts (child to live with adopters before order is made) there shall be inserted—
subsection (1) shall have effect as if the reference to the preceding 13 weeks were a reference to the preceding six months.”]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F2S. 11 ceases to have effect (E.W.) (prosp.) by virtue of 2002 c. 38, ss. 139, 148(1), Sch. 3 para. 95 (with Sch. 4 paras. 6-8)12 Registration of certain intercountry adoptions.E+W+S(1)In subsection (1) of section 50 of the 1976 Act and section 45 of the 1978 Act (Adopted Children Register), for the words from “shall be made” to the end there shall be substituted “such entries as may be— (a)directed to be made in it by adoption orders, or
(b)required to be made under Schedule 1 to this Act,
and no other entries, shall be made. ”
(2)In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1976 and 1978 Acts (registration of adoption orders), sub-paragraph (2) shall cease to have effect.
(3)For paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act there shall be substituted—
“ Registration of foreign adoptions3(1)If the Registrar General is satisfied, on an application under this paragraph, that he has sufficient particulars relating to a child adopted under a registrable foreign adoption to enable an entry to be made in the Adopted Children Register for the child—
(a)he must make the entry accordingly, and
(b)if he is also satisfied that an entry in the Registers of Births relates to the child, he must secure that the entry in those Registers is marked “Adopted” or “Re-adopted”, as the case may be, followed by the name in brackets of the country in which the adoption was effected.
(2)An entry made in the Adopted Children Register by virtue of this paragraph must be made in the specified form.
(3)An application under this paragraph must be made, in the specified manner, by a specified person and give the specified particulars.
“registrable foreign adoption” means a Convention or overseas adoption which satisfies specified requirements;
“specified” means specified by regulations made by the Registrar General.”;
and the same amendment shall be made to Schedule 1 to the 1978 Act (corresponding provision for Scotland) except that for “the Registrar General” (in both places) there shall be substituted “ the Registrar General for Scotland ”, for “the Registers of Births” there shall be substituted “ the register of births ” and for “those Registers” there shall be substituted “ that register ”.
(4)In paragraph 4(5)(a) of Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act and paragraph 4(4)(a) of Schedule 1 to the 1978 Act, after “that” there shall be inserted “ a Convention adoption, ”.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Commencement InformationI2S. 12 partly in force; s. 12 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 18(3); s. 12 in force (S.) for certain purposes at 14.1.2003 by S.S.I. 2002/562, art. 2(b)13 Construction of certain references in 1976 and 1978 Acts.E+W+SAfter subsection (3) of section 72 of the 1976 Act and section 65 of the 1978 Act (interpretation) there shall be inserted—
“(3A)In this Act, in relation to the proposed adoption of a child resident outside the British Islands, references to arrangements for the adoption of a child include references to arrangements for an assessment for the purpose of indicating whether a person is suitable to adopt a child or not.
(3B)In this Act, in relation to—
references to a child placed with any persons by an adoption agency include references to a child who, in pursuance of arrangements made by such an agency, has been adopted by or placed with those persons under the law of a country or territory outside the British Islands.”
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Commencement InformationI3S. 13 partly in force; s. 13 not in force at Royal assent see s. 18(3); s. 13 in force (E.) at 31.1.2000 in so far as it inserts a new subsection (3A) in s. 72 of 1976 c.36 by S.I. 2000/52, art.2; s. 13 in force (S.) at 10.11.2000 insofar as it inserts a new subsection 3A in s. 65 of 1978 c. 28 by S.I. 2000/390, art. 2Previous: CrossheadingNext: CrossheadingBack to topOptions/HelpPrint OptionsPrint The Whole ActPDF The Whole ActWeb page The Whole ActPrint This Cross Heading onlyPDF This Cross Heading onlyWeb page This Cross Heading onlyLegislation is available in different versions:Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.Original (As Enacted or Made):The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.See additional information alongside the contentGeographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.Opening OptionsDifferent options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at onceMore ResourcesAccess essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copylists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation itemconfers power and blanket amendment detailsall formats of all associated documentscorrection slipslinks to related legislation and further information resourcesMore ResourcesUse this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copycorrection slipsClick 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation itemconfers power and blanket amendment detailsall formats of all associated documentslinks to related legislation and further information resources© Crown copyrightYou may use and re-use the information featured on this website (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence