Adoption of Children Regulations (ACT)

ADOPTION OF CHILDREN ORDINANCE

ADOPTION OF CHILDREN REGULATIONS*

REGULATIONS 1969 No. 3t

1. Regulation 10 of the Adoption of Children Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (6.) the words " The Registrar of Births" and inserting in their stead the words " Subject to the next succeeding regulation, the Registrar of Births ".

2. After regulation 10 of the Adoption of Children Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

" 10A.—(1.) A person may make application in writing to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages for the issue to him of a certificate stating particu­ lars, as they appear from an entry in the Register of Adoptions, of—

(a) the date of birth of a person born elsewhere than in a State or Terri­

tory of the Commonwealth; or

(b) the name or names of the adoptive parent or adoptive parents, as the

case may be, of the last-mentioned person,

or both.

" ( 2 . ) An application under the last preceding sub-regulation shall be deemed

not to have been duly made unless it specifies—

(a) the entry from which the particulars referred to in that sub-regulation

appear; and

(b) except where the application is made by the person to whom the entry relates, the reason for which the certificate is required.

" (3.) Subject to this regulation, the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages shall, on receipt of an application under this regulation and of a fee of Fifty cents—

Gazette and commenced on 19 June 1969.

(a)	search for the revelant entry in the Register of Adoptions; and
(b)	issue to the person making the application a certificate by the Registrar in accordance with Form 3.

" (4.) The Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages shall not, in a certificate issued by him under this regulation, state any particulars appearing from an entry in the Register of Adoptions other than the name of the person to whom the entry relates, the date of birth of that person and the name or names of the adoptive parent or adoptive parents, as the case may be, of that person.

" (5.) Where an application for the issue of a certificate under this regulation is made by a person other than the person to whom the relevant entry in the Register of Adoptions relates, the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages may refuse to issue the certificate if he is of the opinion that the person making the application has not a proper reason for requiring the issue of the certificate.".

• Regulations 1966, No. 10. Made under the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1965-1966 on 6 June 1969; notified in the Commonwealth

3.—(1.) The First Schedule to the Adoption of Children Regulations is amended by omitting Form 1 and inserting in its stead the following Form:—

FORM 1

Regulation 8.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Adoption of Children Ordinance

CONSENT OF PARENT OR G U A R D I A N TO ADOPTION

I (or We) [full name and address of each person consenting and the capacity in which each person's consent is required] hereby consent to the adoption of [name in which the birth of the child to be adopted is registered], born [date and place of birth] by any person or persons in accordance with the law of the Australian Capital Territory (or by [full names and address of a particular person or persons, being a person who is, or persons one of whom is,

a relative of the child]).

I (or We) have read (or there has been read to me (or us) ) the explanation set out below of the effect of an adoption order.

* I desire that my child be brought up in the [name of religion].

* I desire that my child be brought up in the religion (if any) of the proposed adoptive parent or parents.

* I do not desire to express a wish with respect to the religious upbringing of my child.

Dated this	day of	, 19
[Signature(s)of	person(s)	consenting]

In the presence of: [Signature, address and occupation of witness]

EFFECT OF ADOPTION ORDER

Upon the making of an adoption order—

(a)	the child is deemed for all purposes and as regards all relationships to become a legitimate child of the adoptive parents;
(b)	rights of guardianship and existing relationships in respect of the child cease except for the purpose of determining forbidden relationships in connexion with marriage and the crime of incest;
(c)	rights in respect of property and succession to property are determined according to the relationships created by the adoption, but property rights acquired before the adoption are not affected;
(d) the child acquires the domicile of the adoptive parents, but the child's race, nationality and citizenship are not affected; and
(e)	an affiliation or maintenance order, or an agreement, made before the adoption order, by which the putative father of the child is to make payments for the main­ tenance of the child ceases to have any further effect (except as to arrears owing) unless the adopter is the mother of the child and is a single woman.

(2.) The First Schedule to the Adoption of Children Regulations is amended by inserting after Form 2 the following Form:—

FORM 3

Regulation 10A.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

I, , the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, hereby

certify that it appears from an entry in a register kept in my office that [name of person to whom entry relates] was born on (and, where appropriate

and that the names of the parents of that person are ) .

Dated the day of , 19

(Signature)