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Adoption Act 2000
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#### 159 When contact veto takes effect
159 When contact veto takes effect
(cf AI Act s 22)
> > (1) In this section, relevant period means the period of 5 working days or, if a different period is prescribed by the regulations, that period.
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> > (2) A contact veto takes effect on the earlier of—
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> > > (a) if details of the contact veto are endorsed on the authority to supply adoption information—when the details are endorsed on the authority, or
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> > > (b) if details of the contact veto are endorsed on the original birth certificate or amended birth certificate—when the details are endorsed on the certificate, or
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> > > (c) the expiration of the relevant period.
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> **s 159:** Am 2020 No 22, Sch 1\[17\].