ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 96 Unauthorised advertising

ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 96

    (1)     Subject to this section, a person must not publish, or cause to be published, by electronic or print media or any other means, any advertisement or other matter indicating (whether or not in relation to a particular child or young person) that—

        (a)     a parent or guardian of a child or young person wishes to have the child or young person adopted; or

        (b)     a person wishes to adopt a child or young person; or

        (c)     a person is willing to make arrangements with a view to the adoption of a child or young person.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an advertisement or other matter that has been approved by the director-general.