New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2000 - SECT 76

76 Renunciation of parental responsibility for child present in another State

(1) The Director-General may execute a parental responsibility renunciation instrument in relation to a child the Director-General has parental responsibility for under section 75 if:

(a) consent to the adoption of the child cannot be lawfully revoked by the person or persons by whom it was given, and

(b) the Director-General is satisfied that the child is present in another State, and

(c) the Director-General has requested a corresponding officer to accept, and that officer has, by an instrument in writing forwarded to the Director-General, agreed to accept, parental responsibility for the child, and

(d) under a corresponding law, that officer will, on execution by the Director-General of a parental responsibility renunciation instrument, have parental responsibility for the child.

(2) The Director-General ceases to have parental responsibility for the child on execution of the parental responsibility renunciation instrument.

(3) As soon as practicable after executing the parental responsibility renunciation instrument, the Director-General must forward the instrument to that officer.

(4) In this section:
"corresponding law" means a law of another State that corresponds to this section.
"corresponding officer" means an officer of another State whose functions correspond to those of the Director-General under this Act.
"parental responsibility renunciation instrument" means an instrument in writing executed by the Director-General renouncing the Director-General’s parental responsibility for a child.