Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts[This page may be out-of-date. State Law Publisher terminated supply of data to AustLII in April 2004.]
TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Principles 4. Interpretation 4A. Presumptions of parentage 5. Act binds Crown 6. Adoption services to be conducted by or on behalf of Director-General 7. Adoption services as to step-parent adoptions 8. Offence 9. Private adoption agencies 10. Regulations as to private adoption agencies 11. Offence of holding out, etc. 12. Establishment of adoption applications committee 13. Functions of adoption applications committee 14. Membership of adoption applications committee 15. Procedures etc. of adoption applications committee 16. Duties of Director-General as to birth parents 16A. Matters relevant to the adoption process for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children 17. Persons to give consent 18. Effective consent 20. Specification of prospective adoptive parent 21. Man who may be a prospective adoptee’s father to be notified 22. Revocation of consent 23. Notice of revocation 24. Orders dispensing with consent 25. Orders as to service of notice 26. Application for parenting order 26A. Definitions 26B. Application of this Division 26C. Application for determination of parentage 26D. Orders on application for determination of parentage 26E. Orders associated with parentage testing orders 26F. Orders directed to persons 18 or over 26G. Orders directed to children under 18 26H. No liability if parent etc. consents 26I. Reports of information obtained may be received in evidence 26J. Revocation of consent 27. Guardians of children awaiting adoption where all consents accounted for 28. Guardianship of children awaiting adoption where not all consents finalised 29. Cessation of guardianship of children awaiting adoption 30. If not possible or desirable to place a child for adoption 31. Care of child pending placement for adoption 32. Responsibilities of guardians of children awaiting adoption 33. Renunciation and transfer of guardianship by Director-General 34. Transfer of guardianship to Director-General 35. Offence 36. Orders as to guardianship under Division 4 37. Duty of Director-General as to information about adoptive parenthood 38. Application to be a prospective adoptive parent 39. Criteria for application 40. Assessment of applicants for adoptive parenthood 41. Adoption applications committee 42. Decisions of adoption applications committee 43. Reasons for decision 44. Director-General to keep registers 45. Selection of prospective adoptive parents 46. Negotiation of adoption plans 47. Duty of Director-General as to adoption plans 48. Placement following adoption plan 49. Placement if no adoption plan 50. Orders to constitute provisions of adoption plans 51. Medical report as to child’s health before placement 52. Restrictions on placement 53. Placing children who cannot be placed under s. 52 54. Supervision of placements 55. Adoption plans in adoptions by step-parents or carers 56. Placement to be for at least 6 months 57. Time for applying for adoption order may be shortened 58. Notice of intention to apply for adoption order 59. Notice where birth parent deceased or cannot be found 60. Court applications as to notices 61. Report for adoption proceedings 62. Application for adoption order 63. Intervention by Director-General or other persons in applications for adoption orders 64. Evidence on application for adoption order 65. Jurisdiction 66. Who may be adopted 67. Who may adopt 68. Adoption orders in relation to children 69. Adoption orders in relation to adults 70. Court may allow further parties to adoption plans 71. Other powers on adoption applications 72. Approval and enforcement of adoption plans 73. Dispensing with adoption plans 74. Name of adoptee 75. Effect of adoption orders 76. Variation of adoption plans 77. Discharge of adoption order 78. Court to notify Registrar of adoption order etc. 78A. Arrangements for adoption 78B. Issue of adoption compliance certificate 79. Duties of Director-General as to adoption information services 80. Director-General to notify certain persons in event of death 81. Interpretation and application of Division 2 82. Director-General’s authority to allow access to information 83. Court orders as to access to information 84. Court records 85. Registration of birth 86. Portion of registration of birth not referring to adoption 88. Non-identifying information held by adoption agencies 89. If party to adoption deceased 90. If adoptee cannot be found 91. Family Court to provide information to Director-General 92. Registrar to provide information to Director-General 93. Persons or bodies to provide information to Director-General 94. Preservation of records as to adoptions information 96. Wishes as to contact to be lodged with Director-General 97. Request to prevent release of information to be lodged with Director-General 98. Registration of statements and requests 99. Register of contact and information vetoes 100. Duration of contact vetoes 101. Duration of information vetoes 102. Confirmation, cancellation or variation of vetoes 103. Undertakings not to contact person who has lodged contact veto 104. Offence to breach undertaking or harass 105. Contact and mediation agencies to be licensed 106. Licences to conduct contact and mediation services 107. Regulations as to contact and mediation agencies 108. Contact and mediation agencies bound by contact veto 109. Director-General to attempt to obtain current information 110. Review by Director-General 111. Nature of review by Director-General and evidence 112. Powers of Director-General on review 113. Director-General may direct committee to review its own procedures 114. Matters that may be appealed to the Family Court 115. Nature of appeal to Family Court 116. Role of Director-General in appeals from decisions of committee 117. Status of decision pending appeal 118. Appeals from decision of Family Court under Division 3 119. Appeals from other decisions of Family Court not affected 120. Interpretation 121. Territorial application 122. Payments for adoption, adoptions services etc. 123. Restriction on advertising 124. Restriction on publication of identity of parties 125. Undue influence 126. Harassment etc. 127. Confidentiality 128. Authority, and time in which, to prosecute 129. Other evidentiary matters 130. Delegation by Director-General 130A. Delegation by State Central Authority 131. Protection from liability etc. 132. Distribution of property not affected without notice 133. Proceedings to be private 134. Representation of children 134A. State Central Authority 134B. Functions of the State Central Authority 135. Arrangements with other States and Territories 136. Recognition of other Australian adoptions 136A. Recognition in Western Australia of an adoption in a Convention country of a child from that country 136B. Order of termination of relationship of child and parent in relation to a simple adoption 136C. Recognition in Western Australia of an adoption of a child from a Convention country to another Convention country 136D. Effect of recognition of adoption 136E. Recognition of a decision in a Convention country to convert a simple adoption 136F. Refusal to recognise an adoption or a decision to convert a simple adoption 136G. Evidential value of adoption compliance certificate 136H. Report on person who wishes to adopt a child in a Convention country 136H. Report on person who wishes to adopt a child in a Convention country 137. Arrangements with other countries 138. Recognition of non-Australian adoptions 138A. Recognition in Western Australia of an adoption in an overseas jurisdiction of a child from that jurisdiction 138B. Effect of recognition of adoption 138C. Evidential value of adoption certificate 138D. Report on person who wishes to adopt a child in an overseas jurisdiction 139. Director-General to supervise children adopted outside Australia 140. Financial assistance 141. Payment for services 142. Rules 143. Regulations 144. Repeal of Adoption of Children Act 1896, transitional and savings 144. Repeal of Adoption of Children Act 1896, transitional and savings 145. Consequential amendments 146. Review[ Note: This table has been automatically generated and may be incomplete. ]