Victorian Numbered Acts

ADOPTION AMENDMENT (ADOPTION BY SAME-SEX COUPLES) ACT 2015 (NO. 68 OF 2015) - NOTES

No. 68 of 2015

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Adoption Amendment (Adoption by Same-Sex Couples) Act 2015^[†]

No. 68 of 2015

[Assented to 15 December 2015]

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^[†]     Minister's second reading speech—

    Legislative Assembly: 7 October 2015

    Legislative Council: 29 October 2015

    The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Adoption Act 1984 to enable the adoption of children by same-sex couples and to amend the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 to remove the exception to the prohibition to discriminate in relation to religious bodies providing adoption services and for other purposes."