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Adoption Act 1993

83Change in principal officer

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83 Change in principal officer (1) If a vacancy occurs in the position of principal officer for a private adoption agency, the agency must, within 7 days— (a) appoint a person resident in the ACT as its principal officer in the ACT for this Act; and (b) notify the director-general in writing accordingly. (2) A person ceases to be the principal officer of a private adoption agency for this Act if the person ceases to be resident in the ACT.

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