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FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 101

Forms and evidence of documents.

101.(1) For the purposes of this Act, an adopter shall be deemed to be the
parent of the child whom he is authorised to adopt under an adoption order
made in Northern Ireland or elsewhere in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of
Man or any of the Channel Islands and a child adopted under any such adoption
order shall be deemed to be the child of the adopter.

(2) Where, before the making of an adoption order in respect of a child, any
insurance relating to that child has been effected by the natural parent of
the child with a registered society or a branch thereof, the rights and
liabilities under the policy shall, by virtue of the adoption order, be
transferred to the adopter, and the adopter shall, for the purposes of such
insurance, be treated as the person who took out the policy.

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