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ADOPTION (HAGUE CONVENTION) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 1

1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the court may, upon an
application made in the prescribed manner by a qualified person or
qualified spouses, make an order under this section (in this Act referred to
as a "convention adoption order") authorising the applicant or applicants to
adopt a qualified infant.

(2) A convention adoption order may be made notwithstanding that the infant is
already adopted under a convention adoption order or otherwise.

(3) In this Act

"qualified person" means a person who either

(a)resides in Northern Ireland and is a United Kingdom national or a national
of a convention country; or

(b)resides in a convention country or a specified country and is a
United Kingdom national;

"qualified spouses" means two persons married to each other in a case where

(a)both reside in Northern Ireland and each is a United Kingdom national or a
national of a convention country; or

(b)both are United Kingdom nationals and each resides in Northern Ireland, a
specified country or a convention country;

"qualified infant" means a person who

(a)is under eighteen years of age at the time when the application for a
convention adoption order is made and is not or has not been married; and

(b)is a United Kingdom national or a national of a convention country and
resides in Northern Ireland, a specified country or a convention country.

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