This legislation has been repealed.
- As at 4 February 2003 - Act 63 of 1990 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART 1 - PRELIMINARY 1. Name of Act 2. Commencement 3. Objects 4. Definitions 5. Prescribed information PART 2 - ACCESS TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION 6. Adopted person's rights 7. Adoptive parent's rights 8. Birth parent's rights 9. Access to adoption information by relatives and others after death of adopted person or birth parent 10. Application for supply of birth certificate or prescribed information 11. Persons designated to deal with applications 12. Discretion to supply birth certificate or prescribed information 12A. Discretion to withhold supply (or authorise the withholding of supply), to supply information or to supply it subject to conditions 13. Guidelines for release of prescribed information etc 14. Access to court records 15. Unauthorised disclosure of information PART 2A - ADVANCE NOTICE 15A. Object of Part 15B. Definitions 15C. Who may lodge an advance notice request? 15D. How advance notice request is lodged 15E. Advance Notice Register 15F. Primary information source to delay issue of supply authority or prescribed information 15G. Endorsement of details of advance notice request 15H. Expiration of advance notice registration 15I. Arrangements to waive advance notice period 15J. Notification to person who lodged advance notice request PART 3 - CONTACT VETOES 16. Adopted person or birth parent may lodge contact veto 17. Contact veto may be lodged only for adoptions before this Act 18. How contact veto is lodged 19. Contact Veto Register 20. Director-General to advise primary information source 21. Primary information source to endorse details of contact veto on birth certificate 22. When contact veto takes effect 23. Expiration of contact veto 24. Arrangements to confirm, cancel or vary contact veto at request of person seeking contact 25. Notification to person who lodged contact veto of request for information 26. Notification to person affected by contact veto of cancellation or variation 27. Undertakings not to contact person who has lodged contact veto 28. Veto on contact--offences 29. (Repealed) PART 4 - REUNION AND INFORMATION REGISTER 30. Definition 31. Reunion and Information Register 31A. Message may be left 31B. Director-General may refuse to enter name or take message 31C. Circumstances in which Director-General may open, inspect and copy message 31D. Director-General may delay delivery or message 31E. Regulations 32. Persons eligible to have their names entered in the register 33. Arrangements for reunion of registered persons 34. Location of persons not registered PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS 35. Fees and charges 35A. Internal review 36. Decisions that are reviewable by Administrative Decisions Tribunal 36A. Entitlements of disabled persons 37. Manner of giving notice 38. False statement in application etc 39. Impersonation 40. Proceedings for offences 41. Regulations 42. Repeal of regulations relating to Adopted Persons Contact Register 43. (Repealed) 44. Savings, transitional and other provisions Schedule 1 (Repealed) SCHEDULE 2