New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

ADOPTION INFORMATION ACT 1990 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Savings, transitional and other provisions

(Section 44)

Part 1 - Preliminary

1 Savings and transitional regulations

(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the following Acts:

the Adoption Information Act 1990

the Adoption Information Amendment Act 1995

(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect on the date of assent to this Act or a later date.

(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect on a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as:

(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its publication, or

(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.

Part 2 - Provisions consequent on the enactment of this Act

2 Definition

In this Part:
"repealed Regulation" means Part 5A of the Adoption of Children Regulations as in force immediately before its repeal by this Act.

3 Saving of Adopted Persons Contact Register

The Adopted Persons Contact Register established under the repealed Regulation is to form part of the Reunion Information Register established under Part 4 of this Act.

4 Saving of action commenced under repealed Regulation

Anything done or commenced under the repealed Regulation which could have been done or commenced under this Act (if this Act had been in force when it was done or commenced) has effect on or after the repeal of the repealed Regulation as if it had been done or commenced under this Act.

Part 3 - Provisions consequent on the enactment of the Adoption Information Act 1995

5 Saving of Reunion Information Register

The Reunion Information Register established under this Act as in force immediately before the commencement of the amendments to Part 4 made by the Adoption Information Amendment Act 1995 is taken to form part of the Reunion and Information Register, established under Part 4, as amended.