Adoption Act 1993
57BAdoption in ACT of child or young person from
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57B Adoption in ACT of child or young person from Convention country by ACT parents young person who is habitually resident in a Convention country by a prospective adoptive parent or parents who are on the register of suitable people. Note For the register of suitable people, see s 19. (2) In addition to the matters set out in section 39F (Deciding application (a) the central authority of the Convention country has agreed to the adoption of the child or young person; and (b) the child or young person is allowed to reside permanently in Australia; and (c) the child or young person is present in the ACT when the adoption order is made; and (d) arrangements for adoption of the child or young person have been made by the director-general or a private adoption agency. (3) For subsection (2) (b), a child or young person is not allowed to reside permanently in Australia if the child or young person is affected by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory, or by an order of a Commonwealth, State or Territory court, the effect of which is to prevent the child or young person permanently residing in Australia. Note A child entering Australia before the order is made is subject to the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 (Cwlth). See this Act, s 37.