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Adoption Act 2009
sec.263AAdditional information about identity of person who may be biological father
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### sec.263A Additional information about identity of person who may be biological father
This section applies to a request by the adopted person under section 263 for pre-adoption information about the person.
The chief executive must give the adopted person any information held by the chief executive about the identity of a person who may be the adopted person’s biological father but who is not considered a birth parent of the adopted person because of section 250 .
If the chief executive gives information under subsection (2) , the chief executive must also give the adopted person a notice stating the identity of the adopted person’s biological father is not confirmed and, if appropriate in the circumstances, the reasons why the information is not confirmed.
s 263A ins 2016 No. 57 s 49
(sec.263A-ssec.1) This section applies to a request by the adopted person under section 263 for pre-adoption information about the person.
(sec.263A-ssec.2) The chief executive must give the adopted person any information held by the chief executive about the identity of a person who may be the adopted person’s biological father but who is not considered a birth parent of the adopted person because of section 250 .
(sec.263A-ssec.3) If the chief executive gives information under subsection (2) , the chief executive must also give the adopted person a notice stating the identity of the adopted person’s biological father is not confirmed and, if appropriate in the circumstances, the reasons why the information is not confirmed.