Adoption Amendment Act 2000
Adoption Amendment Act 2000
Adoption Amendment Act 2000
Adoption Amendment Act 2000
| Public Act | 2000 No 49 |
| Date of assent | 14 November 2000 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
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(1) This Act is the Adoption Amendment Act 2000.
(2) In this Act, the Adoption Act 1955 is called
“the principal Act”
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2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Inspection of adoption records
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(1) Section 23 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after subsection (2), the following subsection:
“(2A) Adoption records are open to inspection by a Social Worker for the purpose of preparing a report required under section 23A(1).”
(2) Section 23(3)(a) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words
“subsection (1) or subsection (2)”
, and substituting the words“subsections (1), (2), or (2A)”
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4 New section 23A inserted
The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 23, the following section:
“23A Report on application for inspection
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“(1) A Court may require a Social Worker to prepare a report following an application for an order under section 23(3)(b) on a ground referred to in subparagraph (iii) of that paragraph (any other special ground).
“(2) A Social Worker preparing a report required under subsection (1)—
“(a) may consider any information obtained for the purpose, including information in the adoption records concerned and the application for the order; but
“(b) may not consider information relating to any party to the adoption or application that was obtained by the Department before the application was made.”
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Legislative history | |
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| 9 November 2000 | Divided from the Statutes Amendment Bill (No 7) as reported from the Justice and Electoral Committee (Bill 334-A2), third reading |