Adoption Act 2010
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Adopted Children Register. |
84.— (1) The Adopted Children Register maintained by an tArd-Chláraitheoir in accordance with section 22 of the Adoption Act 1952 shall, notwithstanding the repeal of that section by section 7 (1)— | |
(a) continue in being, and | ||
(b) be kept and maintained by an tArd-Chláraitheoir in accordance with this Chapter. | ||
(2) An entry shall be made in the Adopted Children Register with respect to each adopted child who is the subject of an adoption order made by the Authority. | ||
(3) Each entry shall contain the particulars specified in Schedule 3 . | ||
(4) If the date of the adopted child’s birth is unknown— | ||
(a) the Authority shall determine the probable date of birth, and | ||
(b) that date shall be entered in the Adopted Children Register as the adopted child’s date of birth. | ||
(5) If the Authority subsequently ascertains the actual date of the child’s birth— | ||
(a) the determination referred to in subsection (4) shall be cancelled, and | ||
(b) both the adoption order in respect of the child and the entry in the Adopted Children Register made under subsection (4) shall be correspondingly amended to show that actual date. | ||
(6) The country of birth of the child shall be entered in the Adopted Children Register if the Authority, being satisfied thereof, so directs. | ||
(7) If an adoption order is amended, the entry relating to the adoption shall be amended accordingly. | ||
(8) If an adoption order is set aside, the entry relating to the adoption shall be cancelled. | ||
(9) If directed to do so by the Authority, an tArd-Chláraitheoir shall correct an error in any entry in the Adopted Children Register. | ||
(10) Evidence of an entry in the Adopted Children Register and of the facts stated therein may be given by the production of a document purporting to be a legible copy of the entry and to be certified to be a true copy by an tArd-Chláraitheoir or a person authorised in that behalf by an tArd-Chláraitheoir. |