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ADOPTION ACT 1994 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Adoption Act 1994 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Adoption Act 1994

9 of 1994

15 Apr 1994

1 Jan 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Nov 1994 p. 5905)

Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4

14 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)

Acts Amendment and Repeal (Family Court) Act 1997 Pt. 2

41 of 1997

9 Dec 1997

26 Sep 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Sep 1998 p. 5295)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997 s. 17

57 of 1997

15 Dec 1997

15 Dec 1997 (see s. 2(1))

Acts Repeal and Amendment (Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration) Act 1998 s. 6

40 of 1998

30 Oct 1998

14 Apr 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 9 Apr 1999 p. 1433)

Adoption Amendment Act 1999

7 of 1999

13 Apr 1999

Act other than Pt. 3: 13 Apr 1999 (see s. 2(1));
Pt. 3: 15 Sep 1999 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 3 Sep 1999 p. 4295)

School Education Act 1999 s. 247

36 of 1999

2 Nov 1999

1 Jan 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Dec 2000 p. 7904)

Reprint of the Adoption Act 1994 as at 2 Jan 2001 (includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment (Lesbian and Gay Law Reform) Act 2002 Pt. 3

3 of 2002

17 Apr 2002

21 Sep 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 20 Sep 2002 p. 4693)

Adoption Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003  4, 5

8 of 2003

1 Apr 2003

Act other than s. 5(4) and (5), 42(1) and (3), 44, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60 and 86(2), (4) and (5): 1 Jun 2003 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 20 May 2003 p. 1783);
s. 5(4) and (5), 42(1) and (3), 44, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60 and 86(2), (4) and (5): 1 Jun 2005 (see s. 2(2))

Acts Amendment and Repeal (Courts and Legal Practice) Act 2003 s. 12

65 of 2003

4 Dec 2003

1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5722)

Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 2003 s. 73

77 of 2003

15 Dec 2003

1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5722)

Reprint 2: The Adoption Act 1994 as at 21 May 2004 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Adoption Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 s. 5(4) and (5), 42(1) and (3), 44, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60 and 86(2), (4) and (5))

Children and Community Services Act 2004 s. 251 6

34 of 2004

20 Oct 2004

1 Mar 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Feb 2006 p. 695)

Acts Amendment (Court of Appeal) Act 2004 s. 37

45 of 2004

9 Nov 2004

1 Feb 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Jan 2005 p. 163)

State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 2 7

55 of 2004

24 Nov 2004

1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)

Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 79

84 of 2004

16 Dec 2004

2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))

Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations (Consequential Provisions) Act 2005 s. 63

24 of 2005

2 Dec 2005

1 Jan 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 23 Dec 2005 p. 6244)

Reprint 3: The Adoption Act 1994 as at 12 May 2006 (includes amendments listed above)

Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 638

21 of 2008

27 May 2008

1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Feb 2009 p. 511)

Medical Practitioners Act 2008 s. 162

22 of 2008

27 May 2008

1 Dec 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Nov 2008 p. 4989)

Criminal Law Amendment (Homicide) Act 2008 s. 23 

29 of 2008

27 Jun 2008

1 Aug 2008 (see s. 2(d) and Gazette 22 Jul 2008 p. 3353)

Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 18

8 of 2009

21 May 2009

22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))

2 The day fixed under s. 2(1) of the Adoption Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 is 1 June 2003: see Gazette 20 May 2003 p. 1783.

3 Repealed by the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998.

4 The Adoption Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 s. 7(3) is a transitional provision that is of no further effect.

5 The Adoption Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 s. 34(2) and 59(2) read as follows:

“

34. Section 65 amended and validation of certain adoption orders

(2) An adoption order made or purported to be made by the Court before the commencement of this Act is, and is taken always to have been, as valid and effective as it would have been if the amendments made by subsection (1) were in effect at the time the order was made or purported to be made.

”.

“
59. Section 101 repealed and a provision declaring information vetoes to be ineffective from the time of the repeal

(2) An information veto —

(a) that was registered under Part 4 Division 4 of the Adoption Act 1994 before the veto cut off day; and

(b) that has effect immediately before the day on which subsection (1) comes into operation,

has no effect on and from the day on which subsection (1) comes into operation.

”.

6 The amendment in the Children and Community Services Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 2(9) to s. 107(d) is not included because the provision it sought to amend was replaced by the State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 12 before the amendment purported to come into operation.

7 The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.