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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.