New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2000 - SECT 187

187 Prohibition on contact with birth parents of child

(1) A prospective adoptive parent of a child must not--

(a) contact or attempt to contact a birth parent of the child, or

(b) procure another person to contact or attempt to contact a birth parent,

(whether in or outside New South Wales) before the child has been allocated to the adoptive parent in accordance with this Act and the allocation has been accepted.

: Maximum penalty--25 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) It is not an offence to contact or attempt to contact a birth parent or procure another person to contact or attempt to contact a birth parent if --

(a) the prospective adoptive parent is a relative or a step parent, or

(b) the contact has been approved by the Secretary.