ACTIn ForceAct
Adoption Act 1993
74Birth details of adopted person born overseas
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 74
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Adoption Act 1993.
74 Birth details of adopted person born overseas When an adopted person who was— (a) born outside Australia; and (b) brought to Australia for adoption in Australia; attains the age of 18 years, the director-general must, at the request of the adopted person, give the person a copy of his or her birth certificate or any other information that is available from the records of the appropriate authority in the person’s country of origin.