Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) An application for
an adoption order is to be filed in the Court together with —
(a)
affidavit evidence that would satisfy the Court —
(i)
that the Court has jurisdiction to make the adoption
order sought in the application;
(ii)
in the case of an application for an adoption order in
relation to a child, that there has been compliance with such of the
provisions of section 68(1) and (2) of the Act as are relevant to the
application;
(iii)
in the case of an application for an adoption order in
relation to an adult, that there has been compliance with section 69(1)
of the Act; and
(iv)
in the case of an application for an adoption order under
section 78A, that there also has been compliance with
section 78A(2)(a) to (e) of the Act;
(b) the
birth certificate of the prospective adoptee; and
(c) if
it proposed that the prospective adoptee be adopted by 2 persons jointly, the
marriage certificate, if any, of the prospective adoptive parents.
(2) If an application
under section 71 or 73 of the Act is to be made at the hearing of an
application for an adoption order —
(a) the
orders to be sought are to be set out in an application that is separate from
the application for the adoption order; and
(b) the
affidavit evidence in support of the application under section 71 or 73
is to be filed separately from the supporting evidence for the application for
the adoption order.
[Rule 12 amended in Gazette
21 Mar 2000 p. 1497.]