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ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 29

29 .         When parental responsibility ceases

        (1)         Parental responsibility for a child under this Division ceases —

            (a)         if a consent to the child’s adoption is revoked, in which case a person who had parental responsibility for the child immediately before the commencement of parental responsibility for the child under this Division is to have parental responsibility for the child again; or

            (b)         if a court makes further provision in respect of parental responsibility for the child; or

            (c)         where the CEO has parental responsibility for the child —

                  (i)         if notice is given under section 30(1); or

                  (ii)         if the parental responsibility is renounced under section 33(1);

                or

            (d)         when an adoption order is made in relation to the child.

        (2)         Parental responsibility under this Division is not affected by any provision of, and cannot be changed by, any will, deed or agreement.

        [Section 29 inserted: No. 15 of 2012 s. 17.]



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