Family Law (Bilateral Arrangements—Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 2023 (Cth)

Family Law (Bilateral Arrangements—Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 2023

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 16 March 2023

David Hurley Governor‑General

By His Excellency's Command

Amanda Rishworth Minister for Social Services

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Prescribed overseas jurisdictions Part 2—International agreements about adoption 6 Purpose and application of Part 7 Recognition of an adoption of a child in a prescribed overseas jurisdiction 8 Effect of recognition of an adoption 9 Evidential value of adoption compliance certificate

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the Family Law (Bilateral Arrangements—Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 2023.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 23 March 2023

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority This instrument is made under the Family Law Act 1975.