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Part 7Registration of adoptions
22 Register of adoptions
(1)
The registrar-general must keep a register of adoptions for the Act.
Note A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see Legislation Act, s 104).
(2)
The register of adoptions kept by the registrar-general under the Adoption of Children Act 1965, section 56 (a) before the commencement of the Adoption Act 1993, section 3 is to be taken to form part of the register of adoptions kept under subsection (1).
(3)
The registrar-general must keep an index of the entries in the register of adoptions.
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