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Adoption Act 1993
57IEvidential value of adoption compliance certificate
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57I Evidential value of adoption compliance certificate
Subject to section 57G (Refusal to recognise adoption or decision),
an adoption compliance certificate issued in a Convention country is
evidence, for the law of the Territory, that the adoption to which the
certificate or order relates—
(a) was agreed to by the central authorities of the countries
mentioned in the certificate; and
(b) was carried out in accordance with the Convention and the law
of that country.
Division 4A.3 Bilateral arrangements for intercountry adoptions
Division 4A.3 Bilateral arrangements for
intercountry adoptions
57J Adoption in ACT of child or young person from
prescribed overseas jurisdiction by ACT parents
young person who is habitually resident in a prescribed overseas
jurisdiction 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 competent authority of the prescribed overseas jurisdiction
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 1 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.
Note 2 Prescribed overseas jurisdiction—see the dictionary.
Recognition of other overseas adoptions Division 4A.4