Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts56. Sending of memoranda or order to States and other Territories
Where the Court makes an order for the adoption of a child, or an order discharging such an order, and the Registrar has reason to believe that the birth of the child is registered in a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth, the Registrar shall, as soon as practicable, cause a memorandum, in accordance with the prescribed form, of the adoption order, or a copy of the discharging order, as the case may be, certified in writing by him to be a true memorandum or copy, to be sent to the appropriate officer of that State or other Territory having functions in relation to the registration of births.