PART 9

PART 9
Intercountry Adoptions

Chapter 1
Provisions Relating Generally to Intercountry Adoptions

SECTION 64

Competent authority.

64.— The Authority is the competent authority in the State for the purposes of the Hague Convention.

SECTION 65

Competent authority for certifying that adoptions accord with Hague Convention.

65.— Without prejudice to the generality of section 64, the Authority is the competent authority for the purpose of certifying—

(a) under Article 23 (which relates to the recognition of an adoption certified by the competent authority of the state of adoption), adoptions effected in the State in accordance with the Hague Convention, and

(b) under Article 27 (which relates to conversion of adoptions in the state of origin into adoptions terminating pre-existing legal parent-child relationships), the conversion of adoptions recognised in the State.

SECTION 66

Role of Authority as Central Authority.

66.— (1) The Authority is designated as the Central Authority to perform in the State the functions conferred on the Central Authority under this Act or by virtue of the Hague Convention.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) and Article 22 (which relates to the performance of Central Authority functions by public authorities), the