Adoption Amendment Regulations 2000


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Adoption Amendment Regulations 2000

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Adoption Act 1988 .

3 April 2000

g. s. m. green

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

judy jackson

Minister for Health and Human Services

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Adoption Amendment Regulations 2000 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Adoption Regulations 1992 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.   Regulation 14 amended (Prescribed requirements for acceptance of applicants for assessment)

Regulation 14 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (d) and substituting the following paragraph:
(d) that the applicants reside in Tasmania;

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 12 April 2000

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Adoption Regulations 1992 by omitting the requirement for applicants for assessment of suitability to adopt a child to be enrolled, or to have applied to be enrolled, on the State electoral roll.