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Adoption Act 1993
56Functions of State central authority
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56 Functions of State central authority
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the State central authority for the ACT—
(a) has all the duties of a central authority under the Convention;
and
(b) may exercise all of the powers of a central authority under the
(2) The functions of the State central authority for the ACT do not include
any functions that are functions of the Commonwealth central
authority under the Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry
Adoption) Regulations 1998 (Cwlth).