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ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 277
Intercountry adoption
277 Intercountry adoption
(1) This section applies to an intercountry adoption if the relevant competent
authority or a birth family member has given information or a document to the
chief executive for the purpose of giving it to the adopted person or the
adopted person’s adoptive parents.
(2) If the information or document is
for the adoptive parents, the chief executive must give it to the adoptive
parents.
(3) If the information or document is for the adopted person, the
chief executive must, subject to any instructions from the competent authority
or birth family member, give the information or document— (a) if the adopted
person is a child—to the adoptive parents; or
(b) if the adopted person is
an adult—to the adopted person.
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