Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) This section
amends the Adoption Act 1994 .
(2) In
section 42(2) delete “Director-General” and insert:
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(3) In
section 52(1):
(a)
delete paragraph (a)(iii) and insert:
(iii)
satisfies the age differential requirement set out in
subsection (3);
(b)
delete paragraph (a)(iiia) to (iiie) and “or” after
subparagraph (iiid);
(c)
after each of paragraphs (a) to (c), paragraph (a)(i) to (va) and
paragraph (c)(i) insert:
and
(4) In
section 52(2) delete “affected by any provision of, and” and
insert:
affected, and
(5) After
section 52(2) insert:
(3) For the purposes
of subsection (1)(a)(iii) the age differential requirement is that the
prospective adoptive parent —
(a) is
not more than 45 years older than the child in the case where the
prospective adoptive parent is the younger of prospective joint adoptive
parents who, as a couple, have not adopted a child before; or
(b) is
not more than 50 years older than the child in the case where the
prospective adoptive parent is the older of prospective joint adoptive parents
who, as a couple, have not adopted a child before; or
(c) is
not more than 50 years older than the child in the case where the
prospective adoptive parent is the younger of prospective joint adoptive
parents who, as a couple, have adopted a child before; or
(d) is
not more than 55 years older than the child in the case where the
prospective adoptive parent is the older of prospective joint adoptive parents
who, as a couple, have adopted a child before; or
(e) is
not more than 45 years older than the child in the case where the
prospective adoptive parent is a prospective sole adoptive parent and has not
adopted a child before (whether as a joint or sole adoptive parent); or
(f) is
not more than 50 years older than the child in the case where the
prospective adoptive parent is a prospective sole adoptive parent and has
adopted a child before (whether as a joint or sole adoptive parent).