Adoption Act 1993

Subject to subsection (2), for the law of the Territory, an adoption of a child or young person that is recognised and effective under section 57D or section 57E is to be treated as having the same effect as an adoption order made under this Act.

Note See s 43 (General effect) and the Convention, art 26 and 27. The text of the Convention is set out in sch 1.

The legal relationship between the child or young person and the individuals who were, immediately before the adoption, the child’s or young person’s parents is terminated if the law of the Convention country where the adoption was granted provides that the adoption of the child or young person terminates the legal relationship.