Adoption Regulations 2019

For the purposes of section 70(1), (2) and (3) of the Act, the prescribed officer of the Court is—

in the case of the Supreme Court, the prothonotary or a deputy prothonotary; or

in the case of the County Court, the registrar or a deputy registrar.

For the purposes of sections 70(1), 71 and 73A(1) of the Act, a memorandum must be in Form 17 of Schedule 1.

For the purposes of sections 70(1)(b), 72(a)(ii), 73(b), 73A(3)(b) and 79A(5)(b) of the Act, the prescribed particulars are—

in relation to the adopted child—

the sex of the child; and

the names under the adoption order of the child; and

the date of birth of the child; and

the place of birth of the child; and

if the child was born outside Victoria, the State or Territory of Australia or the country where the child was born; and

if the adoption is by 2 adoptive parents—

the given names of each adoptive parent; and

the family name (including the maiden name if applicable) of each adoptive parent; and

the age at the date of birth of the child of each adoptive parent; and

the usual occupation of each adoptive parent; and

if the adoption is by the spouse or domestic partner of a parent—

the given names of the parent and of the spouse or domestic partner of the parent; and

the family name (including the maiden name if applicable) of the parent and of the spouse or domestic partner of the parent; and

the age at the date of birth of the child of the parent and of the spouse or domestic partner of the parent; and

the usual occupation of the parent and of the spouse or domestic partner of the parent; and

if the adoption is by one adoptive parent (other than the spouse or domestic partner of a parent)—

the given names of the adoptive parent; and

the family name (including the maiden name if applicable) of the adoptive parent; and

the age at the date of birth of the child of the adoptive parent; and

the usual occupation of the adoptive parent; and

if the adoption is by 2 adoptive parents or the spouse or domestic partner of a parent and—

the adoptive parents, or the spouse or domestic partner and parent, are married, the date and place of the marriage; or

the adoptive parents, or the spouse or domestic partner and parent, are in a registered domestic relationship or a corresponding law relationship within the meaning of section 33A of the Relationships Act 2008, the date and place that their relationship was registered under section 10(3)(a) of that Act or was registered or formally recognised under a corresponding law within the meaning of section 33A of that Act; or

the adoptive parents, or the spouse or domestic partner and parent, are not in a registered domestic relationship, the date their relationship commenced; and

the given names, the family names and the ages, at the date of birth of the adoptive child, of—

all children of the adoptive parent or parents; or

in the case of adoption by the spouse or domestic partner of a parent, all children of the parent and the spouse or domestic partner of the parent.

For the purposes of section 79A(5)(b) of the Act, an entry in the Adopted Children Register is in the prescribed form if it contains the prescribed particulars referred to in subregulation (3).