ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 54 Adoptions outside Australia—general
ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 54
Adoptions outside Australia—general(1) The adoption of a person in a country outside Australia (whether before or after the commencement of this section) does not have effect as an adoption for the law of the Territory, except as provided for in this part.
(2) However, nothing in this part affects any right that was acquired by, or became vested in, a person before the commencement of this part.