New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2000 - SECT 12

12 Applications for accreditation

(1) A charitable or non-profit organisation may apply to the Director-General for accreditation as an adoption service provider that may provide adoption services specified by the Director-General.

(2) An application must:

(a) be in writing, and

(b) specify the address of the principal office in New South Wales of the organisation, and

(c) specify the person who is to be the principal officer of the organisation if accredited, and

(d) specify the adoption services the organisation seeks accreditation to provide.

(3) The Director-General may require the applicant to provide such documents and information as the Director-General considers necessary for the purpose of ascertaining whether the organisation should be accredited.

(4) An application under this section is taken for the purposes only of any review under Chapter 10 to have been refused if it is not determined within 60 days after the application is made.