New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2000 - SECT 155

155 Contact veto may be lodged only for adoptions before Adoption Information Act 1990

(cf AI Act s 17)
A person may lodge a contact veto only if--

(a) the order for adoption of the adopted person was made under the Adoption of Children Act 1965 (or a former Act within the meaning of that Act) before the date of assent to the Adoption Information Act 1990 , or

(b) the adoption of the adopted person in another State or in a country outside Australia was recognised under the Adoption of Children Act 1965 as having been effected before the date of assent to the Adoption Information Act 1990 .

Note : The date of assent to the Adoption Information Act 1990 was 26 October 1990.