Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Where a person, except a guardian as mentioned in section 29(6), has given consent for the purposes of this Division, the Secretary or the principal officer of an approved agency shall, as soon as practicable after the occurrence of any of the following events, give notice in writing to the person of that event:
(a) the placement of the child to whom the consent relates with the prospective adoptive parents;
(b) the termination of such a placement;
(c) the renunciation by the Secretary of guardianship of the child;
(d) the making of an adoption order relating to the child;
(e) where the child to whom the consent relates dies before an adoption order is made, the death of the child.
(2) Where the Secretary or the principal officer of an approved agency is of opinion that placement of the child as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) is no longer possible, he shall, as soon as practicable, give notice in writing of his opinion to any person who has given consent for the purposes of this Division.
(3) Except in the case of renunciation of guardianship, the Secretary or principal officer is not required to give notice under subsection (1) or (2) to a person who has, in writing, whether in the instrument of consent or otherwise, expressed the wish not to be given notice of an event or opinion mentioned in either of those subsections.
(4) Where the Secretary or the principal officer of an approved agency is notified of the death of an adopted person, he shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to transmit that notification to each parent of the person who gave consent to the adoption.