Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Adoption Act 1984 - SECT 65

PART IV RECOGNITION OF ADOPTIONS

Application of Part

65. Application of Part





(1) In this Part, a reference to a country includes a reference to a part of a
country but does not include a reference to a Convention country or a
prescribed overseas jurisdiction within the meaning of Part IVB.

(2) Despite subsection (1), sections 67, 68 and 69 continue to apply, in
relation to a country that is a Convention country, in respect of adoptions in
that country that took place before the commencement of section 6 of the
Adoption (Amendment) Act 2000.

(3) Despite subsection (1), sections 67, 68 and 69 continue to apply, in
relation to a country that is a prescribed overseas jurisdiction within the
meaning of Part IVB, in respect of adoptions in that country that took place
before the commencement of section 10 of the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2000.