S.I. No. 521/2010 - Adoption Act 2010 (Register of Intercountry Adoptions) Regulations 2010.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th November, 2010.

I, BARRY ANDREWS, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 150 and 152 of the Adoption Act 2010 (No. 21 of 2010) and the Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2010 ( S.I. No. 508 of 2010 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These regulations may be cited as the Adoption Act 2010 (Register of Intercountry Adoptions) Regulations 2010.

2. These regulations come into operation on 3 November 2010.

3. The form of, and the particulars to be contained in, the entries in the register of intercountry adoptions are set out in the Schedule.

SCHEDULEForm of, and particulars to be contained in, entries in Register of Intercountry Adoptions

The columns of the register of intercountry adoptions shall contain the following particulars—

(a) in relation to the adopted child:

Ainm / Name,

Sloinne / Surname,

Dáta bhreithe / Date of birth,

Gnéas / Sex,

Tír bhreithe / Country of birth,

Dáta an orduithe uchtála agus an tír ina ndearnadh / Date of adoption order and country where effected,

Dáta a meastar go ndearnadh an t-ordú uchtála / Date adoption order deemed to have been made;

(b) in relation to each of the adoptive parents:

Ainm / Name,

Sloinne / Surname,

Sloinne breithe / Birth surname,

Sloinnte roimhe seo / Former surnames,

Slí bheatha / Occupation,

Seoladh / Address,

Uimhir an taifid / No. of entry,

Dáta an taifid, agus /Date of entry, and

Síniú Oifigeach Údaraithe Údarás Uchtála na hÉireann / Signature of Authorised Officer of Adoption Authority.

GIVEN under my hand,

3 November 2010.

BARRY ANDREWS,

Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These regulations set out the form and particulars to be contained in entries in the register of intercountry adoptions.