Adoption of Children Act 1994
Part 5Registration of adoptions
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Part 5 Registration of adoptions Adoption of Children Act 1994 32 (b) the Minister must, as soon as practicable after preparing the certificate, forward a copy of the certificate to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages. (3) On receipt of a copy of the order forwarded in accordance with subsection (1) or of a copy of a certificate forwarded in accordance with subsection (2), the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages must: (a) register it, as prescribed, in the Register of Adoptions; and (b) if it relates to a child whose birth is, or is required by the Regulations to be, registered in a register kept by the Registrar, make any alterations to, or entry in, that register as are prescribed or, if not prescribed, as the Registrar thinks fit.