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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 41A
Registering adoptions
41A Registering adoptions
(1) This section applies if— (a) the registrar receives, under the
Adoption Act 2009 , section 289 , a notice of the making of a final adoption
order; or
(b) the registrar receives, under the Adoption Act 2009 , section
290B , a notice to record an adoption granted in another country.
(2) This
section also applies if— (a) the registrar receives— (i) an original copy
of a relevant order of another jurisdiction; or
(ii) a copy of a
relevant order of another jurisdiction certified as a true copy by an officer
with authority under the law of that jurisdiction to certify the copy; or
(iii) a notice of the making of a relevant order of another State from an
officer in that State with authority under the law of that State to give the
notice; and
(b) the relevant order relates to a person whose birth or
previous adoption is registered in Queensland.
(3) The registrar must
register the adoption by incorporating into the adopted children register the
notice or copy mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) .
(4) Also, the registrar
must close the adopted person’s birth entry and any previous adoption entry
by— (a) noting, on the birth entry or previous adoption entry (each of which
is a
"closed entry" ), a reference to the new adoption entry; and
(b) noting, on
the new adoption entry, a reference to the closed entry or entries.
(5) In
this section—
"relevant order" , of another jurisdiction, means an order made in the
jurisdiction corresponding to a final adoption order.
"State" includes New Zealand.
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