sec.290AApplication for notice of adoptions in another country

### sec.290A Application for notice of adoptions in another country This section applies if— an adoption is granted in a country other than Australia or New Zealand; and before the adoption, the adoptive parents were— assessed or re-assessed as suitable under part 6 ; or favourably assessed as a prospective adopter under the repealed Adoption of Children Act 1964 . An interested person may apply, in the approved form, to the chief executive to give notice to the registrar to record the adoption in the adopted children register. The interested person must give to the chief executive any documents relating to the adoption, or the identification of the adopted person, that the chief executive reasonably requires. In this section— interested person , for an adoption, means— the adopted person; or if the adopted person is a child, deceased, or does not have capacity to make the application—a relative of the adopted person. relative see section 249 . s 290A ins 2011 No. 35 s 26 (sec.290A-ssec.1) This section applies if— an adoption is granted in a country other than Australia or New Zealand; and before the adoption, the adoptive parents were— assessed or re-assessed as suitable under part 6 ; or favourably assessed as a prospective adopter under the repealed Adoption of Children Act 1964 . (sec.290A-ssec.2) An interested person may apply, in the approved form, to the chief executive to give notice to the registrar to record the adoption in the adopted children register. (sec.290A-ssec.3) The interested person must give to the chief executive any documents relating to the adoption, or the identification of the adopted person, that the chief executive reasonably requires. (sec.290A-ssec.4) In this section— interested person , for an adoption, means— the adopted person; or if the adopted person is a child, deceased, or does not have capacity to make the application—a relative of the adopted person. relative see section 249 . - (a) an adoption is granted in a country other than Australia or New Zealand; and - (b) before the adoption, the adoptive parents were— (i) assessed or re-assessed as suitable under part 6 ; or (ii) favourably assessed as a prospective adopter under the repealed Adoption of Children Act 1964 . - (i) assessed or re-assessed as suitable under part 6 ; or - (ii) favourably assessed as a prospective adopter under the repealed Adoption of Children Act 1964 . - (i) assessed or re-assessed as suitable under part 6 ; or - (ii) favourably assessed as a prospective adopter under the repealed Adoption of Children Act 1964 . - (a) the adopted person; or - (b) if the adopted person is a child, deceased, or does not have capacity to make the application—a relative of the adopted person.