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ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 30

30 .         If not possible or desirable to place a child for adoption

                Where the CEO is the guardian of a child under this Division and is of the opinion that it is not possible or desirable to place the child with a view to the child’s adoption, the CEO is to cause notice of that opinion to be given to each person who he or she believes is a birth parent of the child or was a guardian of the child before the commencement of guardianship under this Division, in which case — 

            (a)         the person who was the child’s guardian before the commencement of guardianship under this Division becomes the child’s guardian again; and

            (b)         any consents to the child’s adoption cease to be of effect from the day on which the notice is given.

        [Section 30 amended by No. 34 of 2004 s. 251.]



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