New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2000 - SECT 10

10 Adoption services to be provided by or on behalf of Director-General

(1) Subject to this Act, the Director-General is to provide, and may accredit others to provide, adoption services.

Note: Under section 206, the Director-General may delegate this and any other function under this Act to any person.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Director-General is, subject to this Act, responsible for the following:

(a) the assessment of the suitability of a person or persons to adopt a child,

(b) any decision to place a child with a person or persons wishing to adopt the child,

(c) the transfer of the care responsibility for a child to the person or persons who will adopt the child,

(d) the giving of consent to the adoption of a child of whom he or she has parental responsibility,

(e) the accreditation of adoption service providers,

(f) the provision in certain circumstances of post-adoption financial and other assistance to adopted children and their birth and adoptive parents,

(g) the provision of post-adoption services, including the provision of information and arrangements to facilitate post-adoption contact with the parties to an adoption.