Duration of contact vetoes
100 Duration of contact vetoes
A contact veto is of effect —
for the period stated by the person who lodged the statement of wishes; or
until the person who lodged the statement of wishes dies; or
until cancelled by the person who lodged the statement of wishes; or
subject to subsection (3), where the statement of wishes was lodged on behalf of an adoptee who was less than 18 years of age at the time of the lodgment by a person with parental responsibility for the adoptee, until the adoptee attains 19 years of age,
whichever occurs first.
The person who lodged the statement of wishes may vary the period referred to in subsection (1)(a).
An adoptee on behalf of whom a statement of wishes for a contact veto was lodged before the veto cut off day may —
within 12 months after attaining the age of 18 years; and
in writing given to the CEO,
continue the effect of the statement of wishes and, in that case, subsections (1)(a), (b) and (c) and (2) and sections 102, 103 and 104 apply in relation to the adoptee as if the adoptee were the person who lodged the statement of wishes or sought the registration of the relevant contact veto.
[Section 100 amended: No. 8 of 2003 s. 58; No. 34 of 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 2(8); No. 15 of 2012 s. 53.]
[101. Deleted: No. 8 of 2003 s. 59(1).]
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