The Adoption of Children Act Amendment Act 1945 (Act no. 1945/031 (9 & 10 Geo. VI No.31)) commenced on 30 January 1946. The amendments came into force on 30 January 1946 and amended Rules operated from 24 October 1930.
The Adoption of Children Act Amendment Act restricted access to the original birth certificate of adopted children in two new ways:
These records could be released with the written permission of the Registrar General, but in practice this was rare.
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Western Australian Government Gazette No. 50', in Western Australian Government Gazette Online Archive, State Law Publisher of Western Australia, 24 October 1947, https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/gazettestore.nsf/FileURL/gg1947_050.pdf/$FILE/Gg1947_050.pdf?OpenElement; History of Adoption Project: Western Australian Holdings [website], 2011, http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/historyofadoption/; Law Research Service, Melbourne Law School, Law Library, The University of Melbourne. 'Find and Connect Project - Western Australia Legislation', 13 December 2013, held in the project files at the University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 25 June 2012, Last modified: 15 June 2018