Appendix 1
COUNTRIES SPECIFIED IN THE ADOPTION (DESIGNATION OF OVERSEAS ADOPTIONS) ORDER 1973
a. Commonwealth countries
Anguilla
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Bermuda
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Cayman Islands
Cyprus
Dominica
Fiji
Ghana
Gibraltar Guyana
Hong Kong
Jamaica Kenya
Lesotho
Mauritius Montserrat New Zealand Nigeria
Pitcairn Island
Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe)
St Christopher and Nevis
St Vincent
Seychelles Singapore Sri Lanka Swaziland Tanzania Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda Zambia
b. Foreign countries
Austria
Belgium
Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroes)
Finland
France (including Reunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guyana)
The Federal Republic of Germany (including West Berlin)
Greece
Iceland
The Republic of Ireland
Israel
Italy
Luxembourg
The Netherlands (including the Antilles)
Norway
Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira)
South Africa (including South West Africa now known as Namibia)
Spain (including the Balearic and Canary Islands)
Surinam
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
The United States of America
Yugoslavia
Only adoptions made by order of a Court in the United Kingdom or Islands or in one of the countries listed above are valid under United Kingdom statutory law.