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Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

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Pursuant to the Adoption Act 1955, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

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Order

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This order may be cited as the Overseas Adoptions Order 1967.

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It is hereby directed that Austria, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden shall be deemed to be referred to in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 17 of the Adoption Act 1955, which subparagraph was substituted by section 6(1) of the Adoption Amendment Act 1965.

T J Sherrard,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order directs that Austria, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden shall be countries whose adoption orders are recognised in New Zealand in accordance with section 17 of the Adoption Act 1955.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 6 April 1967.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Overseas Adoptions Order 1967 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Adoption Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 49): section 24

Overseas Adoptions Order 1967