Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) If the registrar-general is satisfied that an entry in the register of adoptions is false, the registrar-general must cancel the entry by writing in the margin of the entry the words ‘Cancelled under the Adoption Regulation 1993 , section 27', signing his or her name immediately under those words and writing the date when the entry was cancelled.
(2) The registrar-general must not cancel an entry in the register of adoptions—
(a) if the entry can be corrected under section 26; or
(b) unless the Attorney-General, or a person authorised by the Attorney-General, has approved, in writing, the cancellation of the entry.