Adoption (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (Vic)

Adoption (Amendment) Regulations 2002

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STATUTORY RULES 2002

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Adoption Act 1984

Adoption (Amendment) Regulations 2002

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 10 September 2002

Responsible Minister:

BRONWYN PIKE

Minister for Community Services

HELEN DOYE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1. Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend
Form 2 of Schedule 7 to the Adoption Regulations
1998 to reflect the provisions of section 60 of the

Adoption Act 1984.

2. Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 130 of the Adoption Act 1984.

3. Amendment to Schedule 7

In Form 2 of Schedule 7 to the Adoption substitute—

"(d) if conditions are included in an adoption
order, an adoptive parent of the adopted
child, a parent who gave consent to the
adoption of the child, the adopted child or a
person on behalf of the adopted child may

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later apply to the Court to vary or revoke the

conditions;

(e)

if conditions are not included in an adoption order, an adoptive parent of the adopted child, a parent who gave consent to the adoption of the child, the adopted child or a person on behalf of the adopted child may later apply to the Court to vary the adoption order to include one or more conditions;

(f)

an order to include, vary or revoke a condition, the effect of which is to grant a person a right of access, or greater rights of access, to the adopted child, cannot be made unless the adoptive parents agree and the Court is satisfied that, as far as practicable, the wishes of the adopted child have been ascertained and due consideration has been given to those wishes, having regard to the age and understanding of the child.".

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