Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) This section applies to the registrar general in complying with section 54(3) of the Act--
(a) on receiving from the chief executive, under section 54(1) of the Act, a memorandum of an adoption order; or
(b) on receiving from the registrar of the Supreme Court, under section 54(2) of the Act, a copy of an order for the discharge of an adoption order.
(2) Also, this section applies to the registrar general in complying with section 57 of the Act on receiving--
(a) a memorandum or copy of an adoption order; or
(b) a memorandum or copy of an order discharging an adoption order; or
(c) an original or copy of an order or record of adoption; or
(d) an original or copy of a rescission of an adoption.
(3) The registrar general must make the entries in, alterations to, and notations on, the adopted children register and the register of births, and the indexes to those registers, that the registrar general considers appropriate to evidence the adoption, discharge or rescission.
(5) On receiving a document mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (c), the registrar general must also prepare a schedule, in the approved form, from the information contained in the document.
(6) If an adoption order is made under the Act in relation to a person born in a jurisdiction outside Queensland, the registrar general must give a copy of the order to the appropriate officer responsible for recording births in the jurisdiction.
(7) On receiving a document relating to an order for the discharge of an adoption order, the registrar general must give a copy of the document--
(a) if the adoption order was made under the Act--to the chief executive; and
(b) if the order relates to a person whose birth is registered in a jurisdiction outside Queensland--to the appropriate officer responsible for recording births in the jurisdiction.
(8) The registrar general is not required to comply with subsection (6) or (7)(b) to the extent compliance would be impracticable in all the circumstances.