Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive must not give a document or information to an applicant stated in, or included in a class of persons stated in, a contact veto under this part unless the applicant has attended an interview with an approved counsellor.
(2) If the chief executive receives an application under this part from an applicant mentioned in subsection (1), the chief executive must tell the applicant in writing of the place or places where counselling services are available and that information cannot be given under this part unless the applicant has attended an interview with an approved counsellor.
(3) This section does not apply if the chief executive is satisfied that the adopted person and another person mentioned in the original birth certificate relating to the adopted person have already exchanged information that may identify that birth parent or a birth relative of the adopted person.
(4) The chief executive may approve a person as a counsellor for this Act.
(5) An approval is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
(6) The chief executive must not approve a person as a counsellor under subsection (4) unless the person has, in the opinion of the chief executive, the qualifications and experience appropriate for a counsellor for this Act.