Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Adoption Act 1984 - SECT 41

Revocation of consents

41. Revocation of consents



(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.

(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.