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ADOPTION (HAGUE CONVENTION) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 4

4.(1) Subject to sections 5 and 6, any provision, however expressed, in any
enactment (as defined by section 1(b) of the Interpretation Act (Northern
Ireland) 1954) passed before the date on which this section comes into force
under which a person adopted in pursuance of an adoption order within the
meaning of the Act of 1967 is for any purpose treated as the child of the
adopter, or any other relationship is deduced by reference to such an order,
shall have effect as respects anything done or any event occurring on or after
that date as extending to a foreign adoption.

(2) Subject as aforesaid, [Article 2(5) of the Industrial Assurance (Northern
Ireland) Order 1979] (which relates to transfer of rights under certain
insurance policies) and sections 17(1) to (5) and 19(3) of the Act of 1967
(which relate respectively to affiliation orders and distribution of property)
shall have effect as if any reference to an adoption order within the meaning
of the Act of 1967 included a reference to a foreign adoption.

(3) In this Act "foreign adoption" means an adoption specified by an order
made under section 4(3) of the Adoption Act 1968 and evidence of a
foreign adoption may be given in the manner provided by the order.

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