Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Adoption Act 1984 - SECT 40

Consents given under law of another State or a Territory

40. Consents given under law of another State or a Territory

Where-

   (a)  a person whose consent to the adoption of a child is required by
        section 33 has, in accordance with the law of another State or of a
        Territory, duly signed an instrument of consent to the adoption of the
        child; and

   (b)  the consent evidenced by the instrument of consent has not been
        revoked in accordance with the law of that other State or Territory-

that instrument of consent shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to
be an instrument executed in accordance with this Division evidencing a
consent, in accordance with section 33(1), to the adoption of the child.