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ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 8

Power to postpone determination of application for an adoption order.

8.(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the court may, upon any
application for an adoption order, postpone the determination of the
application and make an interim order giving the custody of the infant to the
applicant for a period not exceeding two years by way of a probationary period
upon such terms as regards provision for the maintenance, and education and
supervision of the welfare of the infant and otherwise as the court may think
fit.

(2) All such consents as are required to an adoption order shall be necessary
to an interim order, but subject to a like power on the part of the court to
dispense with any such consent.

(3) An interim order shall not be made in any case where the making of an
adoption order would be unlawful by virtue of section 3.

(4) Where an interim order has been made giving the custody of an infant for a
period of less than two years, the court may by order extend that period, but
the total period for which the custody of the infant is given to the applicant
under the order as varied under this subsection shall not exceed two years.

(5) Where an interim order is in force in respect of any infant the applicant
shall within the prescribed time and in accordance with Adoption Rules, apply
to the court which made the interim order for

(a)the final determination of the application for an adoption order in respect
of the infant; or

(b)the discharge of the interim order.

(6) If the applicant fails to apply under subsection (5) it shall, subject to
Adoption Rules, be the duty of the guardian ad litem to apply for the final
determination of the application for an adoption order.

(7) An interim order shall not be deemed to be an adoption order within the
meaning of this Act.


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