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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023
sec.22Sending notice of particular adoption orders and discharges to other States
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### sec.22 Sending notice of particular adoption orders and discharges to other States
This section applies if—
the registrar receives, under the Adoption Act 2009 , section 289 , a notice of a final adoption order or an order discharging a final adoption order; and
the registrar knows or suspects there is an entry for the adopted person’s birth or adoption in a register kept under a law of another State.
The registrar must give a notice of the making of the order to the appropriate officer in that State with responsibility for keeping the register.
(sec.22-ssec.1) This section applies if— the registrar receives, under the Adoption Act 2009 , section 289 , a notice of a final adoption order or an order discharging a final adoption order; and the registrar knows or suspects there is an entry for the adopted person’s birth or adoption in a register kept under a law of another State.
(sec.22-ssec.2) The registrar must give a notice of the making of the order to the appropriate officer in that State with responsibility for keeping the register.
- (a) the registrar receives, under the Adoption Act 2009 , section 289 , a notice of a final adoption order or an order discharging a final adoption order; and
- (b) the registrar knows or suspects there is an entry for the adopted person’s birth or adoption in a register kept under a law of another State.