Western Australian Consolidated Acts On an application for
an adoption order in relation to a child, the Court may, in addition to its
powers under the Family Court Act 1997 , and whether or not it makes an
adoption order, make orders as if an application had been made under
section 24(1), 25(1), 26D, 26E, 36(1), 50(1), 57, or 60(1).
[Section 71 amended by No. 41 of 1997
s. 17.]