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ADOPTION REGULATIONS (NO. 31 OF 1993) - REG 1

Commencement

2. (1) Regulation 1 and this regulation commence on the day on which these Regulations are notified in the Gazette .

(2) The remaining regulations commence on 31 July 1993.

Interpretation

3. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“Act” means the Adoption Act 1993 ;
“adoption list” means the register kept by the Director under paragraph 15 (a) of the Act;
“adoption record” means—

        (a)     a document;

        (b)     a database (however kept); or

        (c)     a photograph or other pictorial representation of a person;

that contains personal information about a person applying to adopt a child, or a person relinquishing a child for adoption;

“determined fee” means the fee determined under regulation 31 for the purpose of the provision in which the expression occurs;
“primary witness” means a person referred to in subregulation 7 (2);
“register of adoptions” means the register kept under regulation 22 ;
“secondary witness” means a person referred to in subregulation 7 (3).

(2) A reference in these regulations to a form by number is to be taken to be a reference to the form in the Schedule having that number.

Adoption list—requests for inclusion


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