Saving of existing private adoption agencies
3 Saving of existing private adoption agencies
An existing agency is taken, for 12 months after an accreditation order made by the Director-General is published in the Gazette (or after such later date as is specified in the order), to have been accredited as an adoption service provider under this Act.
An agency referred to in subclause (1) may provide the adoption services specified in the order.
In this clause—
accreditation order means an order specifying—
the adoption services provided by an existing agency immediately before the repeal of the repealed adoption Act, and
any other adoption services that may be provided by the agency.
existing agency means a charitable organisation approved as a private adoption agency under the repealed adoption Act immediately before its repeal by this Act.
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