ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 105 Memoranda of orders interstate

ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 105

If—

        (a)     the court makes an adoption order, or an order discharging such an order; and

        (b)     the registrar of the Supreme Court has reason to believe that the birth of the child is registered in a State or in another Territory;

the registrar must, as soon as practicable, cause a memorandum of the adoption order, or a copy of the discharging order certified in writing by him or her to be a true memorandum or copy, to be sent to the prescribed officer of that State or other Territory having functions in relation to registration of births or having functions corresponding to those of the registrar-general under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997

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Note     If a form is approved under s 120A (Approved forms) for a memorandum, the form must be used.