Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 31

    (1)     A person who consents to the adoption of a child may revoke the consent only by filing a notice of revocation in the Supreme Court before the end of—

        (a)     30 days after the day the instrument of consent is signed; or

        (b)     if before the end of the 30-day period the person files in the Supreme Court a notice stating the person needs further time—14 days after the end of the 30-day period.

    (2)     A period applying under subsection (1) may not be extended.

    (3)     Subsection (2) has effect despite the Legislation Act, section 151C (Power to extend time).

    (4)     The registrar of the Supreme Court must tell the chief executive in writing about a notice filed under subsection (1).

    (5)     When the period within which a person's consent to the adoption of a child may be revoked ends, the chief executive must tell the person in writing.