ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 47 Guardianship of non-citizen child

ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 47

S. 47(1) amended by No. 46/1998

s. 7(Sch. 1).

    (1)     Where—

        (a)     a non-citizen child is present in Victoria;

S. 47(1)(b) amended by No. 46/1998

s. 7(Sch. 1).

        (b)     the Secretary or an approved agency is authorized to make arrangements with a view to the adoption of the child; and

the Secretary or principal officer may make application to the Court for an order that the Secretary be the guardian of the child.

S. 47(2) amended by No. 46/1998

s. 7(Sch. 1).

    (2)     Where the Court, on an application under subsection (1), makes an order that the Secretary or principal officer be the guardian of a child, the Secretary or principal officer shall be the guardian of the child for all purposes to the exclusion of all other persons as if the Secretary or principal officer had become the guardian of the child by reason of the operation of section 46 and shall cease to be the guardian in the same manner as he would cease to be a guardian of a child under that section.