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Child Support Act 1991

Amendments to other Acts - Amendment to Adoption Act 1955

243: Effect of adoption order

You could also call this:

“Adoption changes some legal things for the child”

When an adoption order is made, it changes some things. These changes are written in another law called the Adoption Act. If you want to know more about what happens when someone is adopted, you can look at that law.

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Part 15 Amendments to other Acts
Amendment to Adoption Act 1955

243Effect of adoption order

  1. Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).