Repealed the Adoption of Children Act 1974.
The Adoption Act 1993 was amended by Act No.64 1999, Act No.1 2004, Act No.20 2008, Act No.6 2009, and Act No.36 2009.
The Adoption Act 1993 included provisions from the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle.
In 2011, the Adoption Act 1993 was under review in light of major initiatives including the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption and the enacting of the ACT Human Rights Act 2004. Efforts are underway to ensure consistency with the Children and Young People Act 1999, the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and government policies as defined in the ACT Children's Plan and the Canberra Social Plan 2011.
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Last updated:
26 July 2023
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First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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