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Adoption Act 1993
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96 Unauthorised advertising
(1) Subject to this section, a person must not publish, or cause to be
published, by electronic or print media or any other means, any
advertisement or other matter indicating (whether or not in relation to
a particular child or young person) that—
(a) a parent or guardian of a child or young person wishes to have
the child or young person adopted; or
(b) a person wishes to adopt a child or young person; or
(c) a person is willing to make arrangements with a view to the
adoption of a child or young person.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an advertisement or other
matter that has been approved by the director-general.