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Adoption Act 2009
sec.256AAdditional information about identity of person who may be biological father
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### sec.256A Additional information about identity of person who may be biological father
This section applies to a request by the applicant under section 256 for pre-adoption information about the adopted child.
The chief executive must give the applicant any information held by the chief executive about the identity of a person who may be the adopted child’s biological father but who is not considered a birth parent of the adopted child because of section 250 .
If the chief executive gives information under subsection (2) , the chief executive must also give the applicant a notice stating the identity of the adopted child’s biological father is not confirmed and, if appropriate in the circumstances, the reasons why the information is not confirmed.
s 256A ins 2016 No. 57 s 46
(sec.256A-ssec.1) This section applies to a request by the applicant under section 256 for pre-adoption information about the adopted child.
(sec.256A-ssec.2) The chief executive must give the applicant any information held by the chief executive about the identity of a person who may be the adopted child’s biological father but who is not considered a birth parent of the adopted child because of section 250 .
(sec.256A-ssec.3) If the chief executive gives information under subsection (2) , the chief executive must also give the applicant a notice stating the identity of the adopted child’s biological father is not confirmed and, if appropriate in the circumstances, the reasons why the information is not confirmed.