(1)  The special record formerly kept under section 22F of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1895 shall, notwithstanding the amendments made by section 121 , continue in force for the purposes of this Part and shall be kept by the Registrar.

(2)  Where the Registrar receives–

(a) a memorandum of an adoption order under section 62 in respect of a person whose birth is registered in Tasmania; or

(b) a memorandum under a law of another State or a Territory corresponding to section 66 relating to the making in that State or Territory of an order for the adoption of any such person–

the Registrar shall re-register the birth in accordance with this section and the particulars specified in that memorandum.

(3)  Where–

(a) a person whose birth is registered in Tasmania has been adopted in a place outside Australia; and

(b) the order for adoption is an order to which section 60 applies–

the Registrar shall–

(c) on application by the adopted person or a person in favour of whom the order was made; and

(d) on production of a document purporting to be the relevant adoption order or some other document relating to an adoption order in respect of that person made in a place outside Australia–

re-register the birth in accordance with this section and the particulars specified in that document.

(4)  A re-registration of the birth of an adopted person for the purposes of this section shall be made –

(a) by an entry in the prescribed form in the special record and by endorsing that entry with –

(i) a reference to this section; and

(ii) a reference in the prescribed form identifying the entry of birth of that person as shown in the register; and

(b) by endorsing the entry of the birth of the adopted person as shown in the register with–

(i) a reference to this section; and

(ii) a reference in the prescribed form identifying the entry made relating to that person in the special record; and

(c) if there is a previous entry relating to the adopted person in the special record or in the former register of adoptions, by endorsing it with a reference in the prescribed form to the entry of the birth of that person as re-registered under this section.

(5)  Where, before the commencement of the repealed Act , an order for the adoption of a person whose birth is registered in Tasmania was registered in the former register of adoptions, the Registrar may, on application by that person or an adoptive parent of that person, cause to be made, in relation to that person, in the special record and in the register the same entries and endorsements as would be required by this section if the order for the adoption of that person had been made under this Act.

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