exceeding the amount prescribed for the purposes of this section. 69 Declarations of validity of foreign adoptions No. 7147 s. 43. (1) A person specified in subsection (2) may apply to the Court for an order declaring that an adoption of a person was effected (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) under the law of a country, other than New Zealand, outside the Commonwealth and the Territories, and that the adoption is one to which section 67 applies, and the Court may hear and determine the application and, if it thinks fit, make an order accordingly. (2) The persons who may make an application under subsection (1) in relation to an adoption are the adopted child, the adoptive parent or either or both the adoptive parents, or a person tracing a relationship, by virtue of the adoption, through or to the adopted child. (3) Where an application is made to a Court under S. 69(3) amended by this section, the Court shall direct that notice of No. 46/1998 the application be given to the Secretary and may s. 7(Sch. 1). do any or all of the following— (a) direct that notice of the application be given S. 69(3)(a) amended by to such other persons (who may include the Nos 69/1989 Secretary to the Department of Justice and s. 11(1)(d), 46/1998 Regulation) as the Court thinks fit; s. 7(Sch. 1) (as amended by No. 12/1999 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 1)), 32/2015 s. 6. (b) direct that a person be made a party to the application; or
exceeding the amount prescribed for the purposes of this section. No. 7147 s. 43. 69 Declarations of validity of foreign adoptions (1) A person specified in subsection (2) may apply to the Court for an order declaring that an adoption of a person was effected (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) under the law of a country, other than New Zealand, outside the Commonwealth and the Territories, and that the adoption is one to which section 67 applies, and the Court may hear and determine the application and, if it thinks fit, make an order accordingly. (2) The persons who may make an application under subsection (1) in relation to an adoption are the adopted child, the adoptive parent or either or both the adoptive parents, or a person tracing a relationship, by virtue of the adoption, through or to the adopted child. S. 69(3) amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1). (3) Where an application is made to a Court under this section, the Court shall direct that notice of the application be given to the Secretary and may do any or all of the following— S. 69(3)(a) amended by Nos 69/1989 s. 11(1)(d), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1) (as amended by No. 12/1999 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 1)), 32/2015 s. 6. (a) direct that notice of the application be given to such other persons (who may include the Secretary to the Department of Justice and Regulation) as the Court thinks fit; (b) direct that a person be made a party to the application; or