New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(cf AC Act s 12)
(1) Before making an application for accreditation under this Part, an organisation is to appoint a person to be its principal officer for the purposes of this Act if the application is granted.
(2) An accredited adoption service provider must, within 7 days after the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of principal officer, appoint a person to fill the vacancy and give notice in writing to the Director-General of the appointment.
(3) A person appointed to be principal officer must be resident in New South Wales.
(4) For the purposes of and without limiting subsection (2), the office of the principal officer is taken to have become vacant if the person holding the office ceases to be resident in New South Wales.
(5) Anything done by the principal officer of an accredited adoption service provider, or with his or her approval, is, for the purposes of this Act and any regulations relating to accredited adoption service providers but without prejudice to any personal liability of the principal officer, taken to be done by the accredited adoption service provider.