New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 8 September 2010
| Public Act | 1997 No 109 |
| Date of assent | 17 December 1997 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
1 Short Title and commencement
4 Convention to have force of law
5 New Zealand Central Authority
7 Chief executive must offer choice of report-writing service
8 Authority for New Zealand accredited bodies to act overseas
9 Authority for overseas accredited bodies to act in New Zealand
11 Recognition of Convention adoptions
12 Termination of pre-existing legal parent-child relationships
14 Certificate of Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Part 2
New Zealand accredited bodies
15 New Zealand accredited bodies
16 Application for accreditation
18 Declining of application for accreditation
19 Suspension and revocation of accreditation
21 Accredited bodies to report annually
22 Assessment of accredited bodies
23 Change of principal officer to be notified
Part 3
Miscellaneous provisions
Amendments to Adoption Act 1955
25 Recognition of overseas adoptions
27 Restriction upon advertisements
Amendments to Citizenship Act 1977
29 Special provisions relating to parentage
Amendment to Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act 1995
30 Registration of overseas adoptions
Schedule
Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
An Act—
(a) to implement in the law of New Zealand the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption; and
(b) to provide for the approval of organisations as accredited bodies to whom functions may be delegated under the Convention; and
(c) to make other provision for intercountry adoption and other matters related to adoption
