Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 25

25 .         Orders as to service of notice

        (1)         Before an application for an adoption order in relation to a child is filed, an application may be made to the Court by the CEO, a prospective adoptive parent or on behalf of the child for an order — 

            (a)         dispensing with a requirement to serve notice under section 21(2a); or

            (b)         extending the period referred to in section 21(2b) for service of notice.

        (2)         On an application under subsection (1)(a), the Court may make an order dispensing with a requirement to serve notice under section 21(2a) if it is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist in which it is proper to dispense with service of notice.

        (3)         On an application under subsection (1)(b), the Court may make an order to extend the period referred to in section 21(2b) for service of notice if it is satisfied that it would be proper to do so.

        [Section 25 amended by No. 41 of 1997 s. 10; No. 34 of 2004 s. 251.]