Adoption Act 1988 (TAS)

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Adoption Act 1988

An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to adoption, to repeal the Adoption of Children Act 1968 , and to make consequential amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1895

[Royal Assent 10 November 1988]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART IPreliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Adoption Act 1988 . 2Commencement (1)  This section and sections 1 and 3 shall commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. (2)  Except as provided in subsection (1) , the several provisions of this Act shall commence on such day or days as may be fixed by proclamation. 3Interpretation (1)  [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 24 of 1994, s. 4 ]In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – adopted person means a person – (a) an order for whose adoption was made under this Act or any corresponding previous enactment; or (b) an order for whose adoption was made, whether before or after the commencement of this section, in a place outside Tasmania if the birth of that person has been registered in Tasmania; adoption order means an order for the adoption of a person made under this Act; agency means a welfare organization that is, or has been at any time, an approved agency; approved agency means – (a) a welfare organization approved by the Minister as an adoption agency under Division 1 of Part II ; or (b) a welfare organization that, immediately before the commencement of this section, was approved as a private adoption agency within the meaning of the repealed Act – so long as that approval is not revoked or suspended under section 13 ; approved counsellor means a person who is for the time being approved as a counsellor under section 4 , and includes a person who is for the time being approved as a counsellor under a law of another State or a Territory corresponding to this Act; child means – (a) a person who has not attained the age of 18 years; or (b) a person who has attained that age in respect of whom an adoption order is sought; country includes a part of a country; court means a magistrate having jurisdiction under this Act by virtue of section 5 ; the Director means the Director for Community Welfare; disposition of property includes the grant or exercise of a power of appointment in respect of property; the former register of adoptions means the register of adoptions formerly kept by the Registrar-General for the purposes of the Adoption of Children Act 1920 ; function includes duty; guardian, in relation to a child, includes – (a) a person who under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory, is, or is deemed to…

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