Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Adoption Act 1984 - SECT 39

Consents to be construed as general consents

39. Consents to be construed as general consents



(1) Subject to subsection (2) and except as provided in section 37, a consent
to the adoption of a child shall, for the purposes of this Act, be construed
as a consent to the adoption of the child by any person or persons on whose
application an adoption order may be made under this Act in respect of the
child and shall be a valid consent notwithstanding that an application in
respect of the child has not been made or contemplated or, if application has
been so made, that the person giving the consent does not know the identity of
the applicant or applicants.

(2) A consent to the adoption of a child by a relative of the child, or by a
spouse or de facto spouse of a parent of the child, shall be construed as a
consent to the adoption of the child by that relative or spouse or de facto
spouse only.