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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 (Repealed)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)

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