SCHEDULE 1 Registration of Adoptions
Adoption and Children Act 2002 (2002 c 38) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 1 Registration of Adoptions

Section 77(6)

Registration of adoption orders

1

(1)     Every adoption order must contain a direction to the Registrar General to make in the Adopted Children Register an entry in the form prescribed by regulations made by the Registrar General with the approval of [the Secretary of State].

(2)     Where, on an application to a court for an adoption order in respect of a child, the identity of the child with a child to whom an entry in the registers of live-births or other records relates is proved to the satisfaction of the court, any adoption order made in pursuance of the application must contain a direction to the Registrar General to secure that the entry in the register or, as the case may be, record in question is marked with the word “Adoptedâ€.

(3)     Where an adoption order is made in respect of a child who has previously been the subject of an adoption order made by a court in England or Wales under Part 1 of this Act or any other enactment—

(a)     sub-paragraph (2) does not apply, and

(b)     the order must contain a direction to the Registrar General to mark the previous

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