Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 61

    (1)     The chief executive must maintain records—

        (a)     for each adoption negotiated or arranged by or for the chief executive; or

        (b)     given to the chief executive under subsection (2).

    (2)     A private adoption agency must—

        (a)     maintain records for each adoption negotiated or arranged by it; and

        (b)     as soon as practicable after an adoption order has been made following such negotiations or arrangements, give the chief executive the prescribed particulars concerning the persons associated with the application for the order.

    (3)     For subsection (2), the associated persons are the adopted child, an adoptive parent, a birth parent and the person who made the report referred to in section 19 (1) (a).

    (4)     A regulation may provide for the length of time for which, and the manner in which, records are to be maintained for subsection (1) or (2).