Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Adoption Act 1984 - SECT 80

Discharge of order

80. Discharge of order



(1) Where an order for adoption is discharged, being an order-

   (a)  relating to a person-

   (i)  whose birth is registered in Victoria; or

   (ii) an entry relating to whose previous adoption is entered in the Adopted
        Children Register; and

   (b)  a memorandum or copy of which is registered under this Division-

the Registrar shall-

(c) delete the word "adopted" in the entry relating to the birth in the
Register of Births or in the Adopted Children Register, as the case may be;
and

   (d)  where the order relates to the name of the person, mark the entry in
        the Register of Births or Adopted Children Register with particulars
        of the order.

(2) Where an order for adoption is discharged, being an order a memorandum or
copy of which is registered under this Division, the Registrar,
notwithstanding the deletion of the word "adopted" from the entry in the
Register of Births or the Adopted Children Register, shall not issue an
extract from, or copy of, that entry if the order for the discharge provides
to that effect.