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Adoption of Children Act 1994
56Sending of memoranda or order to States and other Territories
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56 Sending of memoranda or order to States and other Territories
(1) This section applies if the Court makes an order for the adoption of
a child, or an order discharging an adoption order, and a registrar
has reason to believe that the birth of the child is registered in a
State or another Territory.
(2) The registrar must, as soon as practicable, send to the appropriate
officer of that State or other Territory who has functions in relation
to the registration of births:
(a) a memorandum of the adoption order, in the prescribed form;
or
(b) a copy of the discharging order.
(3) A memorandum or copy mentioned in subsection (2) must be
certified in writing by the registrar to be a true memorandum or
copy.