Legislation – Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Changes to legislation:
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, Section 55 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 11 April 2026. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 55:
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2018/412, Sch. 3 (as substituted) by 2022 c. 18 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 83
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- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2018/412, Sch. 3 (as substituted) by 2022 c. 18 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 83
PART 1Adoption
CHAPTER 3Placement for adoption and adoption orders
Disclosure of information about a person’s adoption
Information to be kept about a person’s adoption55
(1)
In relation to an adopted person, regulations may prescribe—
(a)
the information which an adoption agency must keep in relation to the adoption;
(b)
the form and manner in which it must keep that information.
(2)
Below in this group of sections (that is, this section and sections 56 to 64), any information kept by an adoption agency by virtue of subsection (1)(a) is referred to as section 55 information.
(3)
Regulations may provide for the transfer in prescribed circumstances of information held, or previously held, by an adoption agency to another adoption agency.