69T Definitions In this Part— ***adoption authority*** means a person, body or office in a prescribed overseas jurisdiction responsible for approving the adoption of children; ***adoption certificate***, in relation to an adoption, means a document issued by an adoption authority in the prescribed overseas jurisdiction in which the child to whom the document relates was habitually resident before being adopted, stating that— (a) the adoption took place in accordance with the laws of that jurisdiction; and (b) the Secretary, or a person or a delegate of a person whose functions in another State or a Territory correspond with those of the Secretary under this Act, agreed that the adoption may proceed; ***prescribed overseas jurisdiction*** means a country, or part of a country, prescribed as an overseas jurisdiction for the purposes of this Part. S. 69U inserted by No. 32/2000 s. 9.

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