Recognition of adoption of child or young person from Convention country to another Convention country
57E Recognition of adoption of child or young person from Convention country to another Convention country
This section applies if—
an adoption (whether before or after the commencement of this section) by a person who is habitually resident in a Convention country, of a child or young person who is habitually resident in another Convention country, is granted; and
an adoption compliance certificate issued (whether before or after the commencement of this section) in the Convention country in which the adoption is granted is in force for the adoption.
Subject to section 57G (Refusal to recognise adoption or decision), the adoption is recognised and effective, for the law of the Territory, on and after the day the certificate becomes effective.
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