No. 14/1991:

ADOPTION ACT, 1991

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1. Definitions.

2. Foreign adoptions effected in place of domicile of adopters.

3. Foreign adoptions effected in place of habitual residence of adopters.

4. Foreign adoptions effected in place where adopters ordinarily resident.

5. Foreign adoptions where adopters ordinarily resident in State.

6. Register of Foreign Adoptions.

7. Directions of High Court in relation to entries in Register of Foreign Adoptions.

8. Assessments by health boards and registered adoption societies.

9. Proof of adoptions effected outside State.

10. Eligibility to be granted an adoption order.

11. Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act.

12. Short title, collective citation and construction.

ACTS REFERRED TO

Number 14 of 1991

ADOPTION ACT, 1991

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECOGNITION OF CERTAIN ADOPTIONS EFFECTED OUTSIDE THE STATE, TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ADOPTION ACTS, 1952 TO 1988, AND TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION IN CONNECTION WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID.

[30th May, 1991]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: