§ 44 — Matters relating to registration or re-registration of births of adopted children

44.—(1) If an adoption order (including an adoption order under the repealed Act) is made, the registrar of the court that makes the adoption order must, as soon as practicable, provide to the Registrar‑General of Births and Deaths (called in this Part the Registrar‑General) a copy of the adoption order and the particulars (as far as they are known to the court) that are required for the purposes of registration or re‑registration of the adopted child’s birth under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021.(2) Where —(a)

the precise date of the adopted child’s birth is not proved to the satisfaction of the court, the court must determine the probable date of the adopted child’s birth and the date so determined must be specified in the order as the date of the adopted child’s birth; and

(b)

the country of birth of the adopted child is not proved to the satisfaction of the court, the particulars of that country may be omitted from the order and from the entry in the register maintained by the Registrar‑General.

(3) No extract from the Adopted Children Register previously maintained under section 11 of the repealed Act before 15 May 1972 may be issued except by an order of court.

(4) The Registrar-General must keep any other registers and books that record the connection between any entry in the Adopted Children Register previously maintained under section 11 of the repealed Act before 15 May 1972 and any entry in the registers of births made pursuant to section 12 of the repealed Act.

(5) The registers and books and any index of the registers and books kept under subsection (4) are not open to public inspection or search, and the Registrar‑General must not, except under an order of court, provide any person with any information contained in or with any copy or extract from the registers or books.

(6) In subsection (1), “registrar” means the Registrar of the Supreme Court or the registrar of the Family Justice Courts.

—(1) If an adoption order (including an adoption order under the repealed Act) is made, the registrar of the court that makes the adoption order must, as soon as practicable, provide to the Registrar‑General of Births and Deaths (called in this Part the Registrar‑General) a copy of the adoption order and the particulars (as far as they are known to the court) that are required for the purposes of registration or re‑registration of the adopted child’s birth under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021.

(2) Where —(a)

the precise date of the adopted child’s birth is not proved to the satisfaction of the court, the court must determine the probable date of the adopted child’s birth and the date so determined must be specified in the order as the date of the adopted child’s birth; and

(b)

the country of birth of the adopted child is not proved to the satisfaction of the court, the particulars of that country may be omitted from the order and from the entry in the register maintained by the Registrar‑General.

(3) No extract from the Adopted Children Register previously maintained under section 11 of the repealed Act before 15 May 1972 may be issued except by an order of court.

(4) The Registrar-General must keep any other registers and books that record the connection between any entry in the Adopted Children Register previously maintained under section 11 of the repealed Act before 15 May 1972 and any entry in the registers of births made pursuant to section 12 of the repealed Act.

(5) The registers and books and any index of the registers and books kept under subsection (4) are not open to public inspection or search, and the Registrar‑General must not, except under an order of court, provide any person with any information contained in or with any copy or extract from the registers or books.

(6) In subsection (1), “registrar” means the Registrar of the Supreme Court or the registrar of the Family Justice Courts.