Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 64
Children And Young Persons, England And Wales
Children And Young Persons, Northern Ireland
The Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Abroad (Nigeria) Order 2021
Made
20th January 2021
Laid before Parliament
22nd January 2021
Coming into force
12th March 2021
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(4) of the Children and Adoption Act 2006( 1 ), makes the following Order.
Citation and Commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Abroad (Nigeria) Order 2021 and it comes into force on 12th March 2021.
Declaration of special restrictions
2. Special restrictions are to apply for the time being in relation to the bringing of children into the United Kingdom from Nigeria in the cases mentioned in section 9(2) of the Children and Adoption Act 2006.
Vicky Ford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Education
20th January 2021
By virtue of section 9(5)(a), the Secretary of State must consult with the National Assembly for Wales before making any Order under section 9(4). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) .
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland was renamed as the Department of Health by section 1(5) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5) .