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ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 1

1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act the court may, upon an application
made in the prescribed manner by a person

(a)domiciled anywhere in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man or any of
the Channel Islands, and a resident in Northern Ireland; or

(b)domiciled, but not ordinarily resident, in Northern Ireland;

(2) An adoption order may be made on the application of two spouses
authorising them jointly to adopt an infant; but an adoption order shall not
in any other case be made authorising more than one person to adopt an infant.

(3) An adoption order may be made authorising the adoption of an infant by the
mother or father of the infant, either alone or jointly with her or his
spouse.

(4) An adoption order may be made in respect of an infant who has already been
the subject of an order authorising an adoption

(a)made under this Act or under the Adoption of Children Act (Northern
Ireland) 1950 or under any enactment repealed by the said Act of 1950; or

(b)made (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) anywhere in
Great Britain, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands.

(5) In relation to an application for an adoption order in respect of such an
infant as is mentioned in subsection (4), the adopter or adopters under the
previous or last previous order authorising an adoption shall be deemed to be
the parent or parents of the infant for all the purposes of this Act.

(6) An adoption order shall not be made unless the infant resides in Northern
Ireland.

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