Adoption Act 1994

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)

Aboriginal person 4(1)

access 4(1)

adoptee 4(1), 124(4)

adoption applications committee 4(1)

adoption authority 4(1)

adoption certificate 4(1)

adoption compliance certificate 4(1)

adoption order 4(1)

adoption plan 4(1)

adoption service 4(1)

adoptive parent 4(1)

application 26(1), 26A

assessment report 40(1)

Australian citizen 4(1)

birth parent 4(1)

carer 4(1)

Central Authority 4(1)

CEO 4(1)

child 4(1), 75(7), 120(1), 136D(3), 138B(3)

Class 1 offence 4(1)

Class 2 offence 4(1)

close relative 59(1A)

commencement Sch. 3 cl. 1

commencement day 145(1), 146(1A)

Commonwealth Central Authority 4(1)

communicate 124(2A)

competent authority 4(1)

contact 4(1)

contact and mediation licensee 4(1)

contact veto 4(1)

conviction 4(1)

corresponding officer 33(5), 34(4)

country 4(1)

Court 4(1)

Department 4(1)

descendant 81(1)

document 4(1)

effective consent 4(1)

grandparent 81(1)

Hague Convention 4(1)

identifying information 4(1)

independent counsellor Sch. 1 cl. 1(2)

lineal relative 4(1)

medical practitioner 4(1)

mother 4(1)

order of adoption Sch. 3 cl. 1

overseas jurisdiction 4(1)

parentage testing order 26A

parental responsibility 4(1)

particulars 78(3)

party to an adoption 4(1)

pending charge 4(1)

place 52(1A)

private adoption agency 4(1)

publish 120(1)

Register 92(3)

register 127B(1)

Registrar 4(1)

relative 4(1), 120(1)

repealed Act Sch. 3 cl. 1

representative 4(1)

revocation period 4(1)

sibling 81(1), 109(3)

State Central Authority 4(1)

step-parent 4(1)

Torres Strait Islander 4(1)

veto cut off day 4(1)

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