title: Adoption Act 1988 (No. 41 of 1988), 10 November 1988.
abstract: This Act amends and consolidates the law relating to adoption in Tasmania.  It contains provisions relating to approved adoption agencies, qualifications of persons to be adopted and persons adopting, adoption procedures, consent requirements, the care of children pending adoption, guardianship of children, the adoption of noncitizen children, the making of adoption orders, the recognition of foreign adoptions, the registration of adoption orders, access to information of both adopted persons and persons adopting, and offenses, among other things.
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D001315:Australia; D001519:Behavior; D002668:Child Rearing; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D019359:Knowledge; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008004:Licensure; D009934:Organization and Administration; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics
keywords: Adoption--legal aspects; Australia; Behavior; Child Rearing; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Foreigners; Knowledge; Legislation; Licensing; Nationality; Oceania; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Characteristics; Product Approval