Adoption Amendment Act 1957
Adoption Amendment Act 1957
Adoption Amendment Act 1957
Adoption Amendment Act 1957
Public Act |
1957 No 10 |
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Date of assent |
4 October 1957 |
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An Act to amend the Adoption Act 1955
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Adoption Amendment Act 1957, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Adoption Act 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Payments in consideration of adoption
Section twenty-five of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following proviso:
“Provided that this section shall not apply to the payment of the hospital and medical expenses of the confinement of the mother of a child in any licensed hospital or separate institution within the meaning of the Hospitals Act 1926, being a licensed hospital or separate institution that is under the control of any society or body of persons caring for the welfare of children, if—
“(a)
The payment is made by an applicant for an adoption order in respect of the child direct to the society or body of persons that controls the licensed hospital or separate institution; and
“(b)
The amount paid has been approved by the Director-General of Health in the particular instance, or is in accordance with a scale approved generally by the Director-General of Health.”