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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Adoptions - Changes to adoption information in birth record

36: Variation or discharge of adoption order to be recorded

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"What happens when an adoption order is changed or cancelled"

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When an adoption order is changed or cancelled, the court must send a copy to the Registrar-General. The Registrar-General then records the changes, including any new names for the person. You can find more information about what happens when an adoption order is treated as a new one in Section 32.

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Adoptions: Changes to adoption information in birth record

36Variation or discharge of adoption order to be recorded

  1. The Registrar of a court in which an adoption order is varied or discharged must provide a copy of the order to the Registrar-General as soon as practicable after the variation or discharge order is made.

  2. The Registrar-General—

  3. must register the particulars of the variation or discharge, including (where appropriate) a name or names for the person in the person’s birth record; and
    1. may treat any order varying any adoption order as a new adoption order.

      1. Section 32 applies to an order that the Registrar-General treats as a new adoption order under subsection (2)(b).

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