Section 107: Use of adoption records from other parts of the British Islands

Adoption and Children Act 2002 · 2002 c. 38View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Adoption — Chapter 7: Miscellaneous

Any document which is receivable as evidence of any matter—

in Scotland under section 56(1) or (2) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4) (admissibility of extracts as evidence),
in Northern Ireland under Article 63(1) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, or
in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands under an enactment corresponding to section 77(3) of this Act,

is also receivable as evidence of that matter in England and Wales.

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