Adoption Act 1994
Part 4Adoptions information
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Part 4 — Adoptions information
Division 1 — Adoption information services
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CEO’s duties as to adoption information services 74
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Death of party to adoption etc., CEO to notify certain persons 76
Division 2 — Access to adoptions information
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Terms used and application of Division 2 77
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Access to certain information, application for and grant by CEO of 78
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Court may prevent CEO granting access under s. 82(2) etc. 78
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Court records of adoption proceedings, who has right of access to 79
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Registration of adoptee’s birth, who has right of access to 80
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Portion of registration of birth not referring to adoption, Registrar may issue copy of 81
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Non‑identifying information held by adoption agency, who has right of access to 82
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Death of party to adoption, who has right of access to information in case of 82
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If adoptee cannot be found, who has right of access to information in case of 84
Division 3 — Exchange and preservation of adoptions information
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Court to give CEO information 85
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Registrar to give CEO information 85
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Persons conducting etc. adoption services, CEO may direct to give CEO information 86
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Records of adoptions etc., preservation of 86
Division 4 — Contact vetoes
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Register of contact vetoes, CEO to maintain 88
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Duration of contact vetoes 88
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Confirming, cancelling and varying veto 89
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Undertaking not to contact person who has lodged contact veto required before access to information granted 89
Division 5 — Private contact and mediation licensees
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Contact and mediation agencies to be licensed 90
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Licence to conduct contact and mediation services, grant of 90
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Regulations as to contact and mediation agencies 91
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Contact and mediation agencies bound by contact veto 91
Division 6 — Updating non‑identifying information