Western Australian Current Acts

ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 127B

127B .         Party to proposed adoption etc. to notify CEO of certain information etc.

        (1)         In this section —

        register means the register referred to in section 44.

        (2)         A person who is a party to a proposed adoption must notify the CEO within 28 days of becoming aware of —

            (a)         information that may be relevant to the identification of a person who may be required to give effective consent to the adoption; or

            (b)         circumstances that may affect whether a consent to the adoption is effective.

        Penalty: a fine of $10 000 and imprisonment for 12 months.

        (3)         A person whose name is on the register must notify the CEO within 28 days of becoming aware of any change in the person’s circumstances that may affect his or her suitability for adoptive parenthood in accordance with the criteria referred to in section 40(2).

        Penalty: a fine of $10 000 and imprisonment for 12 months.

        [Section 127B inserted: No. 15 of 2012 s. 63.]