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Adoption of Children Act 1994
55Registration of overseas birth and adoption order
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55 Registration of overseas birth and adoption order
(1) If an order is made under section 52, a registrar must forward a
copy of the order to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
(2) If an adoption of a child which took place in an overseas country is
one that the Minister, by Gazette notice under section 51,
determines is to have the same effect as if an adoption made in a
State or another Territory:
(a) the adoptive parent or parents in respect of the adoption may
apply to the Minister for a prescribed certificate that the
adoption is an adoption to which section 51 applies; and