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Adoption Act 1993
57Adoption in ACT of ACT child or young person by
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57 Adoption in ACT of ACT child or young person by
parents from Convention country
young person who is habitually resident in the ACT by a prospective
adoptive parent or parents who are habitually resident in a
Convention country.
Note Convention country does not include Australia—see the Family Law
(Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 1998
(Cwlth), reg 4.
(2) Division 3.2 (Who can adopt?) does not apply to an adoption order
under this section.
(3) In addition to the matters set out in section 39F (Deciding application
(a) the report mentioned in section 57A has been given to the
central authority of the Convention country; and
(b) the central authority of the Convention country has agreed to the
adoption of the child or young person; and
(c) the central authority of the Convention country has agreed to
recognise the ACT adoption order as a full and permanent
adoption order in the Convention country; and
(d) the prospective adoptive parent or parents are present in the
ACT when the adoption order is made.
(4) The court must not make the order if the child or young person is not
allowed to leave Australia—
(a) under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory;
or
(b) because of an order of a court of the Commonwealth, a State or
another Territory.