Australian Capital Territory
Adoption Regulations 1993     No 31
made under the
Adoption Act 1993
Republication No 2
Republication date: 11 April 2002
Last amendment made by Act 2001 No 44
Amendments incorporated to 12 September 2001

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Adoption Regulations 1993, made under the Adoption Act 1993 as in force on 11 April 2002.  It includes any amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 12 September 2001 and any amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes).  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
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When preparing the authorised version of this republication amendments were made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
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Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—
	(a)	if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
	(b)	if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

Amendments incorporated to
12 September 2001

Australian Capital Territory
Adoption Regulations 1993
made under the
Adoption Act 1993
Contents
	Page
Part 1	Preliminary
	1	Name of regulations	2
	3	Definitions for regulations	2
Part 2	The adoption list
	4	Adoption list—requests for inclusion	3
Part 3	Consents
	5	Consent must be accompanied by statutory declaration	5
	6	Conditions for signing	5
	7	Primary and secondary witnesses	5
	8	Functions of primary witness	6
	9	Functions of secondary witness	6
Part 4	Access to information
	10	Prescribed information—incest and sexual assault	8
Part 5	Adoption records
	11	Particulars to be given to chief executive by private adoption agencies following adoption orders	9
	12	Transfer of private agency records to chief executive	11
	13	Maintenance of records	11
Part 6	Private adoption agencies
	14	Application for approval	12
	15	Alteration of objects, structure or trusts of private adoption agency	14
	16	Principal officer	14
	17	Persons acting for or on behalf of private adoption agency	15
	18	Adoption of overseas children	15
	19	Residential premises	15
	20	Storage of information	15
	21	Application of Cwlth Privacy Act	16
Part 7	Registration of adoptions
	22	Register of adoptions	17
	23	Registration	17
	24	Access to information from register of adoptions	18
	25	Re-registration of birth of adopted child	19
	26	Correction of errors in register of adoptions	20
	27	Cancellation of entries in register of adoptions	20
	28	Offences relating to registration	21
	29	Memoranda of orders sent to States and other Territories	21
	30	Notice of decisions	21
	30A	Review of decision	22
Schedule 1	Registering officers	23
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	24
	2	Abbreviation key	24
	3	Legislation history	25
	4	Amendment history	26
	5	Earlier republications	27

Amendments incorporated to
12 September 2001

Australian Capital Territory
Adoption Regulations 1993     

made under the
Adoption Act 1993

    

  

Part 1	Preliminary
1	Name of regulations
These regulations are the Adoption Regulations 1993.
3	Definitions for regulations
Note	A definition applies except so far as the contrary intention appears (see Legislation Act 2001, s 155).
adoption list means the register kept by the chief executive under the Act, section 15 (a).
adoption record means—
	(a)	a document; or
	(b)	a database (however kept); or
	(c)	a photograph or other pictorial representation of a person;
that contains personal information about a person applying to adopt a child, or a person relinquishing a child for adoption.
primary witness means a person referred to in regulation 7 (2).
register of adoptions means the register kept under regulation 22.
secondary witness means a person referred to in regulation 7 (3).

Part 2	The adoption list
4	Adoption list—requests for inclusion
For the Act, section 16 (1), a request by applicants for inclusion in the adoption list shall state as follows:
	(a)	in relation to each applicant—
	(i)	full name; 
	(ii)	usual place of residence; 
	(iii)	occupation; 
	(iv)	date and place of birth; 
	(v)	domicile; 
	(vi)	religion (if any); 
	(vii)	state of health; 
	(viii)	financial circumstances; 
	(b)	the length of the applicants’ relationship; 
	(c)	in relation to each child (if any) of each applicant (whether a birth child or adopted child)—
	(i)	sex and date of birth; a
	(ii)	the state of health of any living child; 
	(iii)	if any child has died—the date of death; 
	(d)	the likelihood of any children being born to the applicants in the future; 
	(e)	whether either applicant has ever been refused an adoption order; 
	(f)	whether an adoption order or interim order in either applicant’s favour has been discharged; 
	(g)	whether the applicants’ names are entered on a list of persons seeking to adopt a child in another State or Territory; and
	(h)	if paragraph (g) applies—particulars of the entry on the relevant adoption list.

Part 3	Consents
5	Consent must be accompanied by statutory declaration
For the Act, section 30 (Instrument of consent), an instrument of consent must be accompanied by the statutory declaration mentioned in regulation 6 (b).
Note	If a form is approved under the Act, s 120A (Approved forms) for a consent, the form must be used.
6	Conditions for signing
A person shall not sign an instrument of consent unless he or she—
	(a)	received a copy of the form of consent no later than 14 days before the date when the consent is signed; and
	(b)	has signed a statutory declaration stating that he or she is the parent or guardian of the child; and 
	(c)	has shown the declaration to the primary witness to the signing of the instrument.
7	Primary and secondary witnesses
	(1)		For the Act, section 30, an instrument of consent shall be signed in the presence of, and shall be attested by, a primary witness and a secondary witness.
	(2)		A primary witness shall be—
	(a)	for an instrument signed in Australia—
	(i)	a commissioner for declarations under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 (Cwlth); or
	(ii)	a justice of the peace; or
	(iii)	a legal practitioner (other than a legal practitioner acting for the applicants); or 
	(iv)	a social worker approved by the chief executive; or
	(b)	for an instrument signed in a foreign country—
	(i)	an Australian diplomatic officer, or an Australian consular officer, within the meaning of the Consular Fees Act 1955 (Cwlth); or
	(ii)	a judge of a court of that country; or
	(iii)	a magistrate or justice of the peace of or for that country; or 
	(iv)	a notary public.
	(3)		A secondary witness shall be—
	(a)	for an instrument signed in Australia—a person prescribed by the Statutory Declarations Regulations (Cwlth), regulation 4; or
	(b)	for an instrument signed in a foreign country—a person referred to in subregulation (2) (b).
8	Functions of primary witness
The primary witness to the signing of an instrument of consent shall not attest to that signing unless he or she—
	(a)	has informed the person signing the instrument about the legal implications of adoption and the legal consequences of signing the instrument; and
	(b)	is satisfied that the person understands those consequences and implications.
9	Functions of secondary witness
The secondary witness to the signing of an instrument of consent shall not attest to that signing unless he or she is satisfied that—
	(a)	the primary witness has adequately exercised his or her functions under regulation 8 (a); and
	(b)	the person signing the instrument of consent understands the legal implications of adoption and the legal consequences of signing the instrument.

Part 4	Access to information
10	Prescribed information—incest and sexual assault
Information that discloses or indicates that an adopted child was conceived as a result of—
	(a)	an incestuous relationship; or
	(b)	a sexual assault on his or her birth mother;
is prescribed for the Act, section 58, definition of information.

Part 5	Adoption records
11	Particulars to be given to chief executive by private adoption agencies following adoption orders
For the Act, section 61 (2) (b), the prescribed particulars are as follows:
	(a)	in relation to the adopted child—
	(i)	full name prior to the adoption; 
	(ii)	sex; 
	(iii)	date of birth; 
	(iv)	place of birth; 
	(v)	father’s full name; 
	(vi)	mother’s full name; 
	(vii)	mother’s maiden name (if applicable); 
	(viii)	mother’s name at date of birth of the child; 
	(ix)	full name following adoption; 
	(b)	in relation to each adoptive parent—
	(i)	full name; 
	(ii)	place of residence; 
	(iii)	occupation; 
	(iv)	date of birth; 
	(v)	place of birth; 
	(vi)	domicile; 
	(vii)	religion (if any); 
	(viii)	if married—date and place of marriage; 
	(ix)	if not married—whether single or in a de facto relationship; 
	(c)	in relation to each child (if any) of each adoptive parent (whether a birth child or adopted child)—
	(i)	sex; 
	(ii)	date of birth; 
	(iii)	state of health of each living child; 
	(iv)	if a child has died—date of death; 
	(d)	in relation to each birth parent—
	(i)	full name; 
	(ii)	date of birth; 
	(iii)	date when consent is signed; 
	(iv)	whether consent is general or limited; 
	(v)	details of any express wishes contained in the consent; 
	(e)	in relation to the primary witness and secondary witness to the signing of the instrument of consent—
	(i)	full name; 
	(ii)	capacity in which the instrument is witnessed; 
	(f)	in relation to the person who provides the report to the court under the Act section 19 (1) (a)—
	(i)	full name; 
	(ii)	qualifications; 
	(iii)	relevant experience; 
	(iv)	business address. 
12	Transfer of private agency records to chief executive
If a private adoption agency—
	(a)	ceases to exist; or
	(b)	has its approval revoked under the Act, section 85;
the person who was the last principal officer of the agency shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to give to the chief executive all adoption records kept by the agency.
Maximum penalty:  $500.
13	Maintenance of records
	(1)		For the Act, section 61 (4), adoption records created by or given to the chief executive shall be retained permanently by the Territory.
	(2)		All adoption records held by the chief executive or a private adoption agency shall be kept in a lockable, fire-resistant steel cabinet.

Part 6	Private adoption agencies
14	Application for approval
	(1)		An application under the Act, section 81 by a charitable organisation for approval as a private adoption agency shall be in writing setting out the following information:
	(a)	the name of the organisation;
	(b)	the objects and purposes, or proposed objects and purposes, of the organisation;
	(c)	the place where the organisation has its principal office;
	(d)	the facilities available at the principal office of the organisation, and in particular the availability of confidential interviewing rooms;
	(e)	the full name and address of each person taking part, or proposing to take part, in the management or control of the organisation;
	(f)	the full name and address of the person appointed as the principal officer of the organisation;
	(g)	if the organisation is incorporated—the way and date of its incorporation;
	(h)	the proposed method of financing the agency, including a financial statement and budget estimate;
	(i)	details of the organisation’s affiliation with any body delivering child and family welfare services (including services for the care of a child for the period before his or her placement for adoption or the period after a child is removed from a failed adoption placement);
	(j)	the structure, membership and interests of the committee of the organisation responsible for—
	(i)	making recommendations on applications for approval as persons suitable to adopt a child; and
	(ii)	conducting negotiations and making arrangements with a view to the placement of children for adoption;
	(k)	the method of keeping adoption records and the arrangements made for the safekeeping of the records; 
	(l)	the numbers, qualifications, experience and duties of persons engaged, or proposed to be engaged, on behalf of the organisation to make arrangements for the adoption of children; 
	(m)	the arrangements envisaged for training staff of the organisation;
	(n)	if the agency intends to organise adoptions of children from foreign countries—what arrangements have been made for that purpose between the organisation and any relevant authorities and organisations in the foreign countries;
	(o)	the organisation’s reasons for wishing to make arrangements for the adoption of children; 
	(p)	any experience of the organisation in making arrangements for the adoption of children or related child and family welfare services.
	(2)		An application under subregulation (1) shall be accompanied by—
	(a)	if the organisation is incorporated—a copy of its rules, or its articles and memorandum of association; and 
	(b)	particulars of any instrument evidencing trusts relating to the organisation, together with a copy of any such instrument.
15	Alteration of objects, structure or trusts of private adoption agency
	(1)		This regulation applies if any alteration affecting the functions of a private adoption agency in relation to adoptions, or its status as a charitable organisation, occurs in—
	(a)	the objects or purposes of the agency; or
	(b)	the rules or memorandum or articles of the agency; or
	(c)	any trusts relating to the agency.
	(2)	If this regulation applies, the principal officer of the relevant agency shall give the chief executive—
	(a)	notice of the alteration; and
	(b)	a copy of the instrument evidencing the alteration; and
	(c)	a statutory declaration verifying the authenticity of the copy; and
	(d)	for an alteration of the objects, purposes, rules, memorandum or articles of association of the agency—a notice that the alteration—
	(i)	is authorised; and 
	(ii)	was made in the way provided by the rules, memorandum or articles of the agency.
16	Principal officer
A private adoption agency shall not appoint a person as principal officer of the agency unless the person—
	(a)	has obtained a tertiary qualification in social work, or in an appropriate social science, approved by the chief executive; and
	(b)	has 5 years experience in providing child and family welfare services relevant to the adoption of children; and
	(c)	agrees to undertake any course of training that, in the opinion of the chief executive, is necessary to enable the principal officer to carry out the duties of his or her position.
17	Persons acting for or on behalf of private adoption agency
A private adoption agency shall not permit a person to conduct negotiations or make arrangements in relation to the adoption of children for or on behalf of the agency unless the person—
	(a)	has completed a course in social work approved by the chief executive; and
	(b)	has completed 5 years practical experience in social work, of which at least 3 years is relevant to the adoption of children.
18	Adoption of overseas children
A private adoption agency shall not conduct negotiations or make arrangements in relation to the adoption of a child brought from a foreign country for the purpose of adoption in the ACT unless the requirements of the Act, section 20 (2) have been complied with.
19	Residential premises
A private adoption agency shall not be conducted from premises normally used for residential purposes.
20	Storage of information
A private adoption agency shall ensure that its adoption records are protected by reasonable security safeguards against—
	(a)	loss; and
	(b)	unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure; and
	(c)	other misuse.
21	Application of Cwlth Privacy Act
A private adoption agency shall not do an act, or engage in a practice, that would, if it were an agency for the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth), breach an information privacy principle within the meaning of that Act.
Maximum penalty:  $500.

Part 7	Registration of adoptions
22	Register of adoptions
	(1)	The registrar-general must keep a register of adoptions for the Act.
Note 	A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including regulations (see Legislation Act 2001, s 104).
	(2)		The register of adoptions kept by the registrar-general under the Adoption of Children Act 1965, section 56 (a) before the commencement of the Adoption Act 1993, section 3 is to be taken to form part of the register of adoptions kept under subregulation (1).
	(3)		The registrar-general shall keep an index of the entries in the register of adoptions.
23	Registration
	(1)		The registrar-general shall register a memorandum of an adoption order by entering particulars of the adoption in the register of adoptions.
Note 	If a form is approved under the Act, s 120A (Approved forms) for a memorandum, the form must be used.
	(2)		If the registrar-general receives a memorandum or copy of an adoption order made under a law in force in a State or in another Territory, he or she shall register it by entering particulars of the adoption in the register of adoptions.
	(3)		If the registrar-general receives a copy of an order, made under the Act or made under a law of a State or another Territory, for the discharge of an adoption order that has been registered in the register of adoptions, he or she shall register it by entering particulars of the discharge on the page of the register of adoptions where the adoption order was registered.
	(4)		The registrar-general shall register a copy of an adoption order declared by the court under the Act, section 57 to be an adoption to which the Act, section 55 applies by entering the relevant particulars in the register of adoptions.
24	Access to information from register of adoptions
	(1)		The registrar-general shall only allow a person to have access to the register of adoptions or to any memorandum or copy of an adoption order or an order discharging an adoption order—
	(a)	in accordance with an order of the court; or
	(b)	if the registrar-general is satisfied that the access is properly required for the purpose of providing evidence in proceedings under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth); or
	(c)	under this regulation.
	(2)		On application by an adopted person born in a foreign country or by an adoptive parent of such an adopted person, the registrar-general shall issue the applicant with a certificate in the form of an entry in the register of births.
Note	A fee may be determined under the Act, s 118 (Determination of fees) for this regulation.
	(3)	The applicant must provide, in writing, any additional information required by the registrar-general to issue the certificate.
	(4)		In this regulation:
access, in relation to the register of adoptions or a memorandum or copy of an adoption order or an order discharging an adoption order, includes—
	(a)	inspection of the register or the memorandum or copy; and
	(b)	for the register—provision of an extract from the register; and
	(c)	for a memorandum of an order or a copy of a memorandum of an order—provision of a copy of, or an extract from the memorandum or copy.
25	Re-registration of birth of adopted child
	(1)	If an order for the adoption of a child born in the ACT has been registered in the register of adoptions, the registrar-general shall re-register the birth of the child by entering in the register of births—
	(a)	particulars, ascertained from the memorandum or copy of the adoption order—
	(i)	of the child’s name after adoption; and
	(ii)	of the sex, date and place of birth of the child; and
	(iii)	of the adoptive parents or parent; and
	(b)	a notation to the entry, signed and dated by the registrar-general, to the effect that the birth of the child is registered under this regulation.
	(2)		If, in respect of a child born in the ACT, an order discharging an adoption order has been registered in the register of adoptions, the registrar-general shall—
	(a)	make a notation accordingly on the page in the register of births where the birth of that child has been re-registered under subregulation (1); and
	(b)	re-register the birth of that child accordingly.
	(3)		The notation referred to in subregulation (1) or (2) shall not be included on any copy of, or extract from, an entry in the register of births issued by the registrar-general.
	(4)		If the registrar-general re-registers the birth of an adopted child under this regulation, he or she shall sign and date a notation, written on the page of the register of births that contains the original entry of the birth, to the effect that the birth of the child has been re-registered under this regulation on a specified page of the register.
	(5)	If an adoption order relates to a child who has previously been adopted, the registrar-general shall re-register the birth of the child as if the entry relating to the previous adoption of that child were the original entry of the birth of that child.
	(6)		This regulation has effect, in relation to an adoption order, or an order discharging an adoption order, made under the repealed laws and in force on 31 July 1993 as if the relevant order had been made under the Act.
26	Correction of errors in register of adoptions
	(1)		If the registrar-general is satisfied that the register of adoptions contains an error or misstatement in, or an omission from, any particulars entered under these regulations, he or she shall correct the register accordingly.
	(2)		If the registrar-general corrects an entry in the register of adoptions under subregulation (1), he or she shall sign his or her name immediately under the correction and write the date when the correction was made.
27	Cancellation of entries in register of adoptions
	(1)	If the registrar-general is satisfied that an entry in the register of adoptions is false, he or she shall cancel the entry by writing in the margin of the entry the words ‘Cancelled under the Adoption Regulations 1993, regulation 27’, signing his or her name immediately under those words and writing the date when the entry was cancelled.
	(2)		The registrar-general shall not cancel an entry in the register of adoptions—
	(a)	if the entry can be corrected under regulation 26; or
	(b)	unless the Attorney-General, or a person authorised by the Attorney-General, has approved, in writing, the cancellation of the entry. 
28	Offences relating to registration
	(1)		A person shall not—
	(a)	destroy, deface or damage the register of adoptions; or
	(b)	obtain the re-registration of the birth of an adopted child otherwise than in accordance with these regulations.
Maximum penalty:  $500.
	(2)		The registrar-general shall not—
	(a)	omit or refuse, without reasonable cause, to register in the register of adoptions in accordance with this part an adoption order or an order discharging an adoption order; or
	(b)	omit, or refuse, without reasonable cause, to re-register in the register of births in accordance with this part the birth of an adopted child who was born in the ACT; or
	(c)	enter any particulars in the register of adoptions if those particulars are, to his or her knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular.
29	Memoranda of orders sent to States and other Territories
		The prescribed officer of a State or of a Territory specified in schedule 1, column 2 to whom a memorandum of an order, or copy of the discharge of an order, for the adoption of a child born in that State or Territory is to be sent under the Act, section 105 is the officer of that State or Territory specified in that schedule, column 3 opposite the name of that State or Territory.
30	Notice of decisions
	(1)	If the chief executive makes a decision—
	(a)	refusing to approve a tertiary qualification in social work, or in an appropriate social science under regulation 16 (a); or
	(b)	refusing to approve a course in social work under regulation 17 (a);
he or she shall give written notice of the decision to the person affected by the decision.
	(2)		A notice under subregulation (1) shall be in accordance with the requirements of the code of practice in force under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1989, section 25B (1).
30A	Review of decision
Application may be made to the administrative appeals tribunal for a review of a decision of the chief executive under—
	(a)	regulation 16 (a); or
	(b)	regulation 17 (a).

Schedule 1	Registering officers
(see reg 29) 

column 1
item	column 2
State or Territory	column 3
registering officer	
1	New South Wales	principal registrar of births, deaths and marriages	
2	Victoria	government statist	
3	Queensland	registrar-general	
4	Western Australia	registrar-general	
5	South Australia	principal registrar of births, deaths and marriages	
6	Tasmania	registrar of births, deaths and marriages	
7	Northern Territory	registrar of births, deaths and marriages	
8	Norfolk Island	registrar of births, deaths and marriages	
9	Christmas Island	registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages	
10	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages	

Endnotes
1	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history.  These details are underlined.  Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
If the republished law includes penalties, current information about penalty unit values appears on the republication inside front cover.
2	Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance	
amdt = amendment	orig = original	
ch = chapter	p = page	
cl = clause	par = paragraph	
def = definition	pres = present	
dict = dictionary	prev = previous	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	(prev...) = previously	
Assembly	prov = provision	
div = division	pt = part	
exp = expires/expired	r = rule/subrule	
Gaz = Gazette	reg = regulation/subregulation	
hdg = heading	renum = renumbered	
ins = inserted/added	reloc = relocated	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	R[X] = Republication No	
LR = legislation register	s = section/subsection	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sch = schedule	
mod = modified / modification	sdiv = subdivision	
No = number	sub = substituted	
num = numbered	SL  = Subordinate Law	
o = order	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
om = omitted/repealed	or to be expired	
3	Legislation history
These regulations were originally the Adoption Regulations.  They were renamed under the Legislation Act 2001 as the Adoption Regulations 1993.

Adoption Regulations 1993 No 31
notified 30 July 1993 (reg 2 (1))
reg 1, reg 2 commenced 30 July 1993
remainder commenced  31 July 1993 (reg 2 (2))
as amended by
Registrar-General (Consequential Provisions) Act 1993 No 64 sch 2
notified 6 September 1993 (Gaz 1993 No S172)
s 1, s 2 commenced 6 September 1993 (s 2 (1))
sch 2 commenced 1 October 1993 (s 2 (2) and see Gaz 1993 No S207)
Regulations Revision Regulations 1994 No 7 sch 1
notified 22 March 1994 
commenced 22 March 1994 (reg 2)
Administrative Appeals (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994 No 60 sch 2
notified 11 October 1994 (Gaz 1994 No S197)
s 1, s 2 commenced 11 October 1994 (s 2 (1))
sch 2 commenced 14 November 1994 (s 2 (2) and see Gaz 1994 No S250)
Legal Practitioners (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997 No 96 sch 2
notified 1 December 1997 (Gaz 1997 No S380)
s 1, s 2 commenced 1 December 1997 (s 2 (1))
sch 2 commenced 1 June 1998 (s 2 (2))
Children and Young People (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 No 64 sch 3
notified 10 November 1999 (Gaz 1999 No 45)
s 1, s 2 commenced 10 November 1999 (s 2 (1))
sch 3 commenced 10 May 2000 (s 2 (2))
Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 44 pt 8
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 8 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and Gaz 2001 No S65)
4	Amendment history
Name of regulations
reg 1	am R2 LA
Commencement
reg 2	om Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.64
Definitions for regulations
reg 3	am Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.66, amdt 1.67
	def Act om Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.65
	def adoption list am Act 1999 No 64 sch 3
	def determined fee om Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.65
Consent must be accompanied by statutory declaration
reg 5	sub Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.68
Primary and secondary witnesses
reg 7	am Act 1997 No 96 sch 2; Act 1999 No 64 sch 3
Transfer of private agency records to chief executive
reg 12	am Act 1999 No 64 sch 3
Maintenance of records
reg 13	am Act 1999 No 64 sch 3
Application for approval 
reg 14	pars renum R2 LA
Alteration of objects, structure or trusts of private adoption agency
reg 15	am Act 1999 No 64 sch 3
Principal officer
reg 16	am Act 1999 No 64 sch 3
Persons acting for or on behalf of private adoption agency
reg 17	am Act 1999 No 64 sch 3
Register of adoptions
reg 22	am Act 1993 No 64 sch 2; Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.69
Registration
reg 23	am Act 1993 No 64 sch 2; Act 2001 No 44 amdts 1.70-1.72
Access to information from register of adoptions
reg 24	am Act 1993 No 64 sch 2; Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.73-1.75
Re-registration of birth of adopted child
reg 25	am Act 1993 No 64 sch 2
Correction of errors in register of adoptions
reg 26	am Act 1993 No 64 sch 2
Cancellation of entries in register of adoptions
reg 27	am Act 1993 No 64 sch 2
Offences relating to registration
reg 28	am Act 1993 No 64 sch 2
Memoranda of orders sent to States and other Territories
reg 29	am Act 2001 No 44 amdts 1.76-1.78
Notice of decisions
reg 30	am 1994 No 7 sch 1; Act 1994 No 60 sch 2; Act 1999 No 64 sch 3
Review of decision
reg 30A	ins 1994 No 7 sch 1
	am Act 1994 No 60 sch 2; Act 1999 No 64 sch 3
Determination of fees
reg 31	om Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.79
Registering officers
sch 1	orig sch 1 om Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.80
	(prev sch 2) 	renum Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.81
Registering officers
sch 2	renum as sch 1
5	Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.  
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Except for the footer, electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical. 

Republication No	Amendments to	Republication date	
1	Act 1994 No 60	31 January 1995	

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

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