The Adoption (Review) Amendment Act 2016 (no 64 of 2016) amended the Adoption Act 1988. It was passed in December 2016, following an independent review of the Adoption Act, conducted in 2014-15. This act made significant changes to adoption law in South Australia.
The main amendments that were passed in the Adoption (Review) Amendment Act 2016 related to:
These changes were being implemented in stages.
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Adoption (Review) Amendment Act 2016', in Department for Child Protection, South Australian Government, 2018, https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/adoption/changes-to-the-adoption-act.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 15 October 2018
Last updated: 7 August 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/sa/biogs/SE01679b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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