ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 95 Unauthorised arrangements for adoption

ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 95

    (1)     A person other than the director-general or a person acting on behalf of the director-general or a private adoption agency must not—

        (a)     conduct negotiations or make arrangements with another person with a view to the adoption of a child or young person by that other person; or

        (b)     except in accordance with arrangements made by or for the director-general or a private adoption agency—

              (i)     transfer, or cause to be transferred, the possession, custody or control of a child or young person to another person with a view to the adoption of the child or young person by that other person; or

              (ii)     receive possession, custody or control of a child or young person with a view to adopting the child or young person.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to anything done by or on behalf of a parent, guardian or relative of a child or young person with a view to the adoption of the child or young person by a relative of the child or young person, or by 2 persons 1 of whom is a parent or relative of the child or young person.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.