ADOPTION INFORMATION ACT 1990 - As at 4 February 2003 - Act 63 of 1990
- As at 4 February 2003
- Act 63 of 1990
Table of Provisions
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
- 1 Name of Act
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Objects
- 4 Definitions
- 5 Prescribed information
PART 2 - ACCESS TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION
- 6 Adopted person's rights
- 7 Adoptive parent's rights
- 8 Birth parent's rights
- 9 Access to adoption information by relatives and others after death of adopted person or birth parent
- 10 Application for supply of birth certificate or prescribed information
- 11 Persons designated to deal with applications
- 12 Discretion to supply birth certificate or prescribed information
- 12A Discretion to withhold supply (or authorise the withholding of supply), to supply information or to supply it subject to conditions
- 13 Guidelines for release of prescribed information etc
- 14 Access to court records
- 15 Unauthorised disclosure of information
PART 2A - ADVANCE NOTICE
- 15A Object of Part
- 15B Definitions
- 15C Who may lodge an advance notice request?
- 15D How advance notice request is lodged
- 15E Advance Notice Register
- 15F Primary information source to delay issue of supply authority or prescribed information
- 15G Endorsement of details of advance notice request
- 15H Expiration of advance notice registration
- 15I Arrangements to waive advance notice period
- 15J Notification to person who lodged advance notice request
PART 3 - CONTACT VETOES
- 16 Adopted person or birth parent may lodge contact veto
- 17 Contact veto may be lodged only for adoptions before this Act
- 18 How contact veto is lodged
- 19 Contact Veto Register
- 20 Director-General to advise primary information source
- 21 Primary information source to endorse details of contact veto on birth certificate
- 22 When contact veto takes effect
- 23 Expiration of contact veto
- 24 Arrangements to confirm, cancel or vary contact veto at request of person seeking contact
- 25 Notification to person who lodged contact veto of request for information
- 26 Notification to person affected by contact veto of cancellation or variation
- 27 Undertakings not to contact person who has lodged contact veto
- 28 Veto on contact--offences
29. (Repealed)
PART 4 - REUNION AND INFORMATION REGISTER
- 30 Definition
- 31 Reunion and Information Register
- 31A Message may be left
- 31B Director-General may refuse to enter name or take message
- 31C Circumstances in which Director-General may open, inspect and copy message
- 31D Director-General may delay delivery or message
- 31E Regulations
- 32 Persons eligible to have their names entered in the register
- 33 Arrangements for reunion of registered persons
- 34 Location of persons not registered
PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS
- 35 Fees and charges
- 35A Internal review
- 36 Decisions that are reviewable by Administrative Decisions Tribunal
- 36A Entitlements of disabled persons
- 37 Manner of giving notice
- 38 False statement in application etc
- 39 Impersonation
- 40 Proceedings for offences
- 41 Regulations
- 42 Repeal of regulations relating to Adopted Persons Contact Register
43. (Repealed)
- 44 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Schedule 1 (Repealed)