ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 41 Revocation of consents

ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 41

    (1)     A consent to the adoption of a child given for the purposes of this Act by a person may be revoked by notice in writing served on the Registrar of the County Court before—

        (a)     the expiration of 28 days after the date on which the instrument of consent was signed or, where before the expiration of that period, the person has, by instrument in writing in the prescribed form and attested as prescribed, declared that the period be extended by not more than fourteen days, before the expiration of that extended period;

        (b)     where a notice has been given to that person under section 37(2), the expiration of 28 days after the giving of that notice; or

        (c)     where a notice has been given to that person under section 38, the expiration of 56 days after the giving of that notice—

and not otherwise.

    (2)     Service of a notice on the Registrar of the County Court under subsection (1) shall be effected by delivering it personally or by sending it to the Registrar by certified mail at such address as is prescribed.

S. 41(3) amended by No. 46/1998

s. 7(Sch. 1).

    (3)     Upon receiving notice in writing of the revocation of a consent to the adoption of a child, the Registrar of the County Court shall forthwith notify the Secretary or, where the principal officer of an approved agency is the guardian of the child under this Act, that principal officer of the receipt of the notice.

No. 7147 s. 28.