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Adoption Act 2009
sec.277Intercountry adoption
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### sec.277 Intercountry adoption
This section applies to an intercountry adoption if the relevant competent authority or a birth family member has given information or a document to the chief executive for the purpose of giving it to the adopted person or the adopted person’s adoptive parents.
If the information or document is for the adoptive parents, the chief executive must give it to the adoptive parents.
If the information or document is for the adopted person, the chief executive must, subject to any instructions from the competent authority or birth family member, give the information or document—
if the adopted person is a child—to the adoptive parents; or
if the adopted person is an adult—to the adopted person.
s 277 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
(sec.277-ssec.1) This section applies to an intercountry adoption if the relevant competent authority or a birth family member has given information or a document to the chief executive for the purpose of giving it to the adopted person or the adopted person’s adoptive parents.
(sec.277-ssec.2) If the information or document is for the adoptive parents, the chief executive must give it to the adoptive parents.
(sec.277-ssec.3) If the information or document is for the adopted person, the chief executive must, subject to any instructions from the competent authority or birth family member, give the information or document— if the adopted person is a child—to the adoptive parents; or if the adopted person is an adult—to the adopted person.
- (a) if the adopted person is a child—to the adoptive parents; or
- (b) if the adopted person is an adult—to the adopted person.