137 Extension of the Hague Convention to British overseas territories
Adoption and Children Act 2002 (2002 c 38) | Legislation

137  Extension of the Hague Convention to British overseas territories

(1)     Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for giving effect to the Convention in any British overseas territory.

(2)     An Order in Council under subsection (1) in respect of any British overseas territory may, in particular, make any provision corresponding to provision which in relation to any part of Great Britain is made by the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (c 18) or may be made by regulations under section 1 of that Act.

(3)     The British Nationality Act 1981 (c 61) is amended as follows.

(4)     In section 1 (acquisition of British citizenship by birth or adoption)—

(a)     in subsection (5), at the end of paragraph (b)

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