New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsIn this Regulation:
"access policy" means any policy maintained by the Registrar concerning access
under the Act to information that must or may be included in the Register kept
under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 .
"adoption register" means the register kept under clause 18.
"non-adopted sibling" has the same meaning as it has in section 133G of
the Act.
"non-identifying background information" about a person means information
about the physical and intellectual attributes, educational and vocational
qualifications, social and cultural background, health and welfare, family and
other relationships, religious beliefs, hobbies and interests of the person.
"NSW Adoption Standards" means the document prepared by the Director-General
under the title NSW Adoption Standards , as published in the Gazette on 1 July
2005.
"prescribed selection criteria" means the criteria referred to in clause 12.
"relevant decision-maker" means:
(a) in the case of an application to adopt a child made to the Director-General-the Director-General, or
(b) in the case of an application to adopt a child made to an accredited adoption service provider-the principal officer of the service provider."Reunion and Information Register" means the register established under Part 5 of Chapter 8 of the Act.