85Records of adoptions

85 Records of adoptions

S. 85(1) amended by No. 46/1998

(1) The Secretary shall maintain and preserve records in respect of each adoption negotiated or arranged by or on behalf of the Secretary.

(2) An approved agency shall—

(a) maintain records of each adoption negotiated or arranged by it; and

S. 85(1)(b) amended by No. 46/1998

(b) in respect of each adoption negotiated and arranged by it, give to the Secretary details as prescribed of the parties to the application for the adoption order after the adoption order is made.

S. 85(2A) inserted by No. 67/1987 s. 9.

(2A) In subsection (2)(b), the parties to the application include the adopted person, the natural parents of that person, the adoptive parent or parents and the person who made the report referred to in section 15.

S. 85(3) amended by No. 46/1998

(3) An agency, being an organization approved as a private adoption agency under the Adoption of Children Act 1964 or any organization, body or person that arranged adoptions under the Adoption of Children Act 1958 or any corresponding previous enactment may give to theSecretary records held by it of any adoption negotiated or arranged by it and in respect of which an adoption order was made before the commencement of this section.

S. 85(4) amended by No. 46/1998

(4) The Secretary shall preserve records given to the Secretary under subsection (2) or (3).

(5) The regulations may prescribe the manner in which records shall be preserved for the purposes of this section.

(6) A person shall not destroy, remove or conceal records referred to in this section.

Penalty applying to this subsection: 20 penalty units.