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Review of the Adoption Information Act 1990
Reference received: 16 December 1991
Report
Report 69: Review of the Adoption Information Act 1992 (PDF, 964.5 KB), July 1992
A Summary of the Report was also published [PDF, 92Kb]
Tabled in parliament: 30 July 1992
Legislative action: Adoption Information Amendment Act 1995
Judicial citation: Re Application of K (1995) 36 NSWLR 477, 488 (Brownie J); Fogwell v Ashton (1993) 17 FamLR 94; In the Matter of the Adoption of J [2009] ACTSC 49 [16]
Issues paper
Issues Paper 7: Review of the Adoption Information Act 1990, March 1992
Journal article
J N Turner, "Review of the Adoption Information Act 1990 (NSW), July 1992" (1993) Monash University Law Review 343
Terms of reference
To inquire into and report on the operation of the Adoption Information Act 1990 and the Adoption Information Regulation 1991, and in particular to consider:
(i) the implementation, public awareness and administration of the legislation; and
(ii) the impact of the legislation on birth parents, children surrendered for adoption, adopting parents and the extended families of all parties.
We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the ongoing connection Aboriginal people have to this land and recognise Aboriginal people as the original custodians of this land.