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(1) a declaration that it is lawful for the Trust not to inform the birth father of S's existence; and
(2) a declaration that it is lawful for the Trust to place S for adoption without consulting the birth father.
(a) Following the birth of the child, S was voluntarily accommodated by the Trust pursuant to Article 21 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 "The 1995 Order".
(b) Under the 1995 Order the Trust had a duty, so far as is reasonably practicable, to ascertain the wishes and feelings of each of the parents of the child and then to give due consideration to them in making any decision about the child.
(c) Under the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 "The 1987 Order" a birth father without parental responsibility is not a "parent" for the purposes of the Order and has no right to consent or to refuse his consent to an order of adoption under Article 16 of that Order.
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