Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
"accredited body" means a body accredited, under the laws of a State and in accordance with the Commonwealth-State agreement, as an accredited body for the Convention.
"Act" means the Family Law Act 1975 .
"adoption compliance certificate" means a certificate issued in accordance with article 23 of the Convention.
"Bureau" means the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
"Central Authority" means a person or office designated for a Convention country under article 6 of the Convention.
"child" means an individual who is under 18 years.
"Commonwealth Central Authority" has the meaning given by regulation 5.
"Commonwealth-State agreement" means the “Commonwealth-State agreement for the implementation of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption”:
(a) made between the Commonwealth and the States and Territories; and
(b) that commenced operation on 9 April 1998.
"Convention" means the Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption:
(a) mentioned in subsection 111C (1) of the Act; and
(b) a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 1.
"Convention country" has the meaning given by regulation 4.
"parental responsibility" , in relation to a child, has the same meaning as in section 61B of the Act.
"receiving State" has the same meaning as in article 2 of the Convention.
"State Central Authority" has the meaning given by regulation 8.
"State of origin" has the same meaning as in article 2 of the Convention.
"working day" means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.
Note The following expressions used in these Regulations are defined in the Act (see section 4):
· court
· Territory.
(2) A reference in these Regulations to a form by number is a reference to the form so numbered in Schedule 3.