New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ADOPTION REGULATION 2003 - REG 39

39 Period in which person giving consent must be counselled

For the purposes of section 63 of the Act, the prescribed period is:

(a) except as provided by paragraph (b), not more than 30 days or less than 72 hours before the instrument of consent is signed, or

(b) in the case of counselling given to the birth mother of a newborn child-not earlier than 5 days after the birth of the child and not more than 30 days or less than 72 hours before the instrument of consent is signed.