Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Adoption Act 2000 No 75. Assented to 9.11.2000. Date of commencement, secs 12–15, 18 and 19 (1) and cl 3 of Sch 3 excepted, 1.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 31.1.2003, p 591; date of commencement of secs 12–15, 18 and 19 (1) and cl 3 of Sch 3, 1.7.2005, sec 2 and GG No 81 of 1.7.2005, p 3308. This Act has been amended as follows:

2001	No 112	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 118	Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement, 25.10.2002, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 25.10.2002, p 9059.
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002	No 42	Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 3.7.2002. Date of commencement, 1.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 237 of 29.11.2002, p 10061.
	No 53	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002. Assented to 4.7.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 2.2, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 73	Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Relationships) Act 2002. Assented to 1.10.2002. Date of commencement, 1.11.2002, sec 2 and GG No 201 of 1.11.2002, p 9302.
	No 112	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 1.1, assent, sec 2 (3).
2003	No 40	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 82	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
2004	No 91	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2004. Assented to 10.12.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, assent, sec 2 (2).
2005	No 98	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006	No 80	Succession Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006. Date of commencement, 1.3.2008, sec 2 and GG No 16 of 15.2.2008, p 707.
	No 112	Adoption Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2007	No 9	Private Health Facilities Act 2007. Assented to 15.6.2007. Date of commencement, 1.3.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (53) LW 26.2.2010.
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 103	Adoption Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 4.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1]–[21] and [32]–[34], 1.1.2009, sec 2 and GG No 158 of 19.12.2008, p 12301; date of commencement of Sch 1 [22]–[31], 1.1.2010, sec 2 and 2009 (609) LW 18.12.2009. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 No 56. Assented to 1.7.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (2).
2009	No 29	Succession Amendment (Intestacy) Act 2009. Assented to 9.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.3.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (55) LW 26.2.2010.
	No 49	NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009.
	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 1.1, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (2).
2010	No 59	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Schs 1.2 and 2.1, 9.7.2010, sec 2 (2).
	No 66	Adoption Amendment (Same Sex Couples) Act 2010. Assented to 15.9.2010. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 97	Health Services Amendment (Local Health Networks) Act 2010. Assented to 16.11.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.2011, sec 2 (1) and 2010 (716) LW 17.12.2010.
	No 119	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2010. Assented to 29.11.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 1.1, assent, Sch 1.1.
	No 135	Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
2011	No 4	Health Services Amendment (Local Health Districts and Boards) Act 2011. Assented to 16.5.2011. Date of commencement, 1.7.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (313) LW 1.7.2011.
	No 27	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011. Assented to 27.6.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 1.1, 8.7.2011, sec 2 (2).

Table of amendments

Sec 4	Am 2001 No 118, Sch 2.1.
Sec 8	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [1] [2].
Sec 10	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [1] [2].
Sec 13	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 1 [1] [2].
Sec 15	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [3] [4].
Sec 16	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [3].
Sec 17	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [3] [5].
Sec 20	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [3] [4].
Sec 21	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [3].
Sec 23	Am 2010 No 66, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 24	Am 2006 No 112, Schs 1 [3] [4], 2 [3]; 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [3] [4].
Sec 28	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 29	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 30	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [7] [8].
Sec 33	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [6]; 2004 No 91, Sch 2.1; 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 37	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [7]; 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 43	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [3].
Secs 45A, 45B	Ins 2010 No 66, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 46	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 1 [5]; 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 49	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [4].
Sec 52	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [5] [6].
Sec 53	Am 2001 No 112, Sch 1.2; 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [7] [8].
Sec 54	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [9] [10]; 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [12]; 2009 No 56, Sch 1.1 [1] [2]; 2010 No 59, Sch 2.1.
Sec 55	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 56	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [11].
Sec 59	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 60	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 63	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [16].
Sec 64	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [8]–[10].
Sec 65	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [11]–[13].
Sec 67	Am 2006 No 112, Schs 1 [6], 2 [12] [13].
Sec 73	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [14].
Chapter 4, Part 6, heading	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [15].
Chapter 4, Part 6, note	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [16]–[18].
Sec 75	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [19]–[28].
Sec 76	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [29]–[33].
Sec 77	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [34] [35].
Sec 78	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [36]–[40].
Sec 79	Am 2006 No 112, Schs 1 [7] [8], 2 [41]–[45].
Secs 79A, 79B	Ins 2006 No 112, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 87	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [17] [18].
Sec 91	Subst 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2010 No 119, Sch 1.1 [1] [2]; 2011 No 27, Sch 1.1 [1]–[5].
Sec 92	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [46].
Sec 93	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [47].
Sec 95	Am 2009 No 29, Sch 2.1 [1].
Sec 96	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [48].
Sec 97	Am 2009 No 29, Sch 2.1 [2].
Sec 99	Am 2006 No 80, Sch 3.2 [1]; 2009 No 29, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 100	Am 2006 No 80, Sch 3.2 [2].
Sec 101	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [20] [21].
Sec 119	Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.2 [1].
Sec 122	Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.2 [2]–[4].
Sec 123	Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.2 [3] [4].
Sec 124	Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.2 [2]–[5].
Sec 124A	Ins 2010 No 135, Sch 2.
Sec 133A	Ins 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [22].
Chapter 8, Part 2, Div 1	Ins 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [23].
Sec 133B	Ins 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [23].
Sec 133C	Ins 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [23] (am 2009 No 56, Sch 1.2 [1]).
Secs 133D–133G	Ins 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [23].
Chapter 8, Part 2, Div 2, heading	Ins 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [24].
Sec 133H	Ins 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [24].
Sec 136	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [25] [26].
Sec 136A	Ins 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [27] (am 2009 No 56, Sch 1.2 [2]).
Chapter 8, Part 2, Div 3, heading	Ins 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [28].
Sec 137	Am 2002 No 73, Sch 1.1 [1]–[3]; 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [29]; 2010 No 66, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 140	Am 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [30].
Sec 141	Rep 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 143A	Ins 2006 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 176	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [49].
Sec 180	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [50]. Subst 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [32].
Sec 180A	Ins 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [32].
Sec 184	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [51] [52].
Sec 185	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [53].
Sec 186	Am 2010 No 59, Sch 1.2 [1] [2].
Sec 189	Am 2003 No 40, Sch 2.1.
Sec 193	Am 2002 No 42, Sch 4.1; 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [3].
Secs 195, 196	Subst 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [14].
Sec 202	Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.2.
Sec 202A	Ins 2006 No 112, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 204	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.5 [1]–[3]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 211	Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sch 2	Am 2002 No 53, Sch 2.2. Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sch 3	Am 2006 No 112, Sch 1 [12] [13]; 2008 No 103, Sch 1 [33] [34]; 2009 No 29, Sch 2.1 [4] [5].
Dictionary	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [15]; 2005 No 98, Sch 3.2 [6]; 2006 No 112, Sch 2 [54]–[58]; 2007 No 9, Sch 5.1 [1] [2]; 2009 No 56, Sch 1.1 [3] [4]; 2010 No 66, Sch 1 [4]–[7]; 2010 No 97, Sch 2.1; 2011 No 4, Sch 2.1 [1] [2].
The whole Act (except cl 3 (3) of Sch 3)	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [1] (“adoption agency” omitted wherever occurring, “adoption service provider” inserted instead).
The whole Act (except the heading to cl 3 of Sch 3)	Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.1 [2] (“adoption agencies” omitted wherever occurring, “adoption service providers” inserted instead).