SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Registration of adoptions
I1C12Registration of adoptions in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands
1
Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where the Registrar General is notified by the authority maintaining a register of adoptions in a part of the British Islands outside England and Wales that an order has been made in that part authorising the adoption of a child.
2
If an entry in the registers of live-births or other records (and no entry in the Adopted Children Register) relates to the child, the Registrar General must secure that the entry is marked with—
a
the word “Adopted”, followed by
b
the name, in brackets, of the part in which the order was made.
3
If an entry in the Adopted Children Register relates to the child, the Registrar General must mark the entry with—
a
the word “Re-adopted”, followed by
b
the name, in brackets, of the part in which the order was made.
4
Where, after an entry in either of the registers or other records mentioned in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) has been so marked, the Registrar General is notified by the authority concerned that—
a
the order has been quashed,
b
an appeal against the order has been allowed, or
c
the order has been revoked,
the Registrar General must secure that the marking is cancelled.
5
A copy or extract of an entry in any register or other record, being an entry the marking of which is cancelled under sub-paragraph (4), is not to be treated as an accurate copy unless both the marking and the cancellation are omitted from it.