New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2000 - SECT 45

45 Assessment of suitability, and selection, of adoptive parents

(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following:

(a) the assessment of the suitability of persons to be approved to adopt, and selection of persons to adopt, children under this Act from within New South Wales or elsewhere,

(b) the keeping by the Director-General of a register of persons approved by the Director-General or by principal officers as fit and proper persons to adopt children.

(2) For the purpose of assessing the suitability of a person to adopt a child, the Director-General or appropriate principal officer may require the person to furnish an imprint of his or her fingerprints to enable a check to be made of any criminal record of the person.