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ADOPTION ACT 2000 - SECT 76
Renunciation of parental responsibility for child present in another State
76 Renunciation of parental responsibility for child present in another State
(1) The Secretary may execute a parental responsibility renunciation
instrument in relation to a child the Secretary has parental responsibility
for under section 75 if-- (a) consent to the adoption of the child cannot be
lawfully revoked by the person or persons by whom it was given, and
(b) the
Secretary is satisfied that the child is present in another State, and
(c)
the Secretary has requested a corresponding officer to accept, and that
officer has, by an instrument in writing forwarded to the Secretary, agreed to
accept, parental responsibility for the child, and
(d) under a corresponding
law, that officer will, on execution by the Secretary of a parental
responsibility renunciation instrument, have parental responsibility for the
child.
(2) The Secretary ceases to have parental responsibility for the child
on execution of the parental responsibility renunciation instrument.
(3) As
soon as practicable after executing the parental responsibility renunciation
instrument, the Secretary must forward the instrument to that officer.
(4) In
this section--
"corresponding law" means a law of another State that corresponds to this
section.
"corresponding officer" means an officer of another State whose functions
correspond to those of the Secretary under this Act.
"parental responsibility renunciation instrument" means an instrument in
writing executed by the Secretary renouncing the Secretary's parental
responsibility for a child.
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