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ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 78

78 .         Court to notify Registrar of adoption order etc.

        (1)         If the Court —

            (a)         makes; or

            (b)         under section 77(2) makes an order discharging,

                an adoption order, the registrar of the Court is to give the Registrar written notice of the particulars.

        (2)         If the adoptee’s birth is not registered in this State under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 then in addition to the notice referred to in subsection (1), the registrar of the Court is to give the Registrar a copy of the original registration of the adoptee’s birth, if available.

        (3)         In this section —

        particulars means —

            (a)         the date of the order;

            (b)         the full name, address and occupation of the adoptive parent;

            (c)         the name by which the adoptee is known before, and is to be known after, the order becomes effective;

            (d)         the terms of consequential or ancillary orders under section 77(5);

            (e)         if available, details of the date and place of the adoptee’s birth and name and address of the adoptee’s birth parents; and

            (f)         if available, such other information required by the Registrar in relation to the registration of the adoptee’s birth under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 .

        [Section 78 inserted by No. 40 of 1998 s. 6(4).]

        [Heading inserted by No. 7 of 1999 s. 13.]



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