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ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 19 Register of suitable people

ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 19

Register of suitable people

    (1)     The director-general must keep—

        (a)     a register of people whose application to be registered as suitable for the placement of a child or young person for adoption has been approved; and

        (b)     records of people whose application to be registered as suitable for the placement of a child or young person for adoption—

              (i)     has been refused; or

              (ii)     has been approved, but for which the approval has been withdrawn.

    (2)     The director-general may review the register kept under subsection (1) (a) and—

        (a)     must remove a person from the register if satisfied on reasonable grounds that the person is no longer suitable having regard to the criteria set out in section 39F (1) (c) (Deciding application for adoption order for child or young person); and

        (b)     may remove a person from the register if satisfied on reasonable grounds that the person is no longer ordinarily resident in the ACT.

    (3)     If the director-general removes a person from the register under subsection (2), the director-general must give the person written notice of the removal.