Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

FAMILY LAW (BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS--INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION) AMENDMENT (2014 MEASURES NO. 1) REGULATION 2014 (SLI NO 7 OF 2014) - SCHEDULE 1

Family Law (Bilateral Arrangements--Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 1998

1  Regulation 3 (definition of adoption compliance certificate )

Repeal the definition, substitute:

"adoption compliance certificate" : see paragraph 5(1)(d).

2  Subregulation 5(1)

Repeal the subregulation, substitute:

                 (1)    This regulation applies to an adoption that takes place in a prescribed overseas jurisdiction if:

                     (a)  the adoption is of a child habitually resident in the prescribed overseas jurisdiction; and

                            (b)    the adoption is by a person habitually resident in a State of Australia; and

                            (c)    the competent authority of that State has agreed that the adoption may proceed; and

                            (d)    a certificate (an adoption compliance certificate ) is in force in relation to the adoption that:

                              (i)  is issued by a competent authority of the prescribed overseas jurisdiction; and

                             (ii)  states that the adoption was carried out in accordance with the laws of the prescribed overseas jurisdiction; and

                     (e)  the adoption has the effect of ending the legal relationship between the child and each person who was, immediately before the adoption, the child's parent.

3  Schedule 1

Repeal the Schedule, substitute:

Schedule 1 -- Prescribed overseas jurisdictions

Note:        See regulation 4.