Adoption Act 2000
178Unauthorised advertising
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178 Unauthorised advertising
178 Unauthorised advertising
(cf AC Act s 52)
(1) A person must not publish any prohibited adoption advertising.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
Note—
Prohibited adoption advertising is defined in section 176.
(2) A person must not publish any photograph of a child (whether from Australia or a country outside Australia) together with any prohibited adoption advertising relating to the child.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
(3) This section extends to the publication of matter in a country outside Australia, by a person resident or domiciled in the State, of the person’s wish to adopt, or willingness to make arrangements for the adoption, of a child from that country in the State.
(4) This section does not apply in relation to publication of any advertisement, news item or other matter approved by the Secretary.