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Adoption Act 2000
89When can order be made?
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#### 89 When can order be made?
89 When can order be made?
> The Court must not make an adoption order until—
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> > (a) the revocation period for each consent given by an adult to the adoption has expired, and
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> > (b) if the child to be adopted has consented to the adoption—a period of 30 days, beginning on the day on which the instrument of consent to the adoption was signed, has expired.
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> Note—
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> Revocation period is defined in the Dictionary.