Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister is to
carry out a review of the operation and effectiveness of this Act as soon as
is practicable after the expiration of 3 years from the commencement day,
and in the course of that review the Minister is to consider and have regard
to —
(a) the
implementation and administration of the Act;
(b) the
extent to which members of the public are aware of the effects of the Act;
(c) the
effect of the Act on birth parents, adoptees and prospective adoptive parents
and the relatives of parties to adoptions; and
(d) such
other matters as appear to the Minister to be relevant to the operation and
effectiveness of this Act.
(2) The Minister is to
prepare a report based on the review under subsection (1).
(3) The Minister is to
cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament not later than
12 months after the expiration of 3 years from the commencement day.
(4) In this
section —
commencement day means the day fixed under
section 2(1) of the Adoption Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 3 .
[Section 146 inserted by No. 8 of 2003
s. 83.]