AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
AMENDMENTS OF ADOPTION OF CHILDREN REGULATIONS
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
No. 6 of 1979

The Adoption of Children Ordinance 1965 was recently amended to overcome an anomalous situation whereby children born in and adopted in the Territory before the commencement of the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1965 were unable to obtain birth certificates under the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Ordinance 1963.

The regulations amend the Adoption of Children Regulations to provide for the re‑registration in the Register of Births of children adopted before the commencement of the Adoption of Children Ordinance on 8.10.66.