New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (INTERNATIONAL MEASURES) ACT 2006 - SECT 32

32 Obligation to obtain consent to place child

(1) A New South Wales authority must obtain the consent of the Director-General and a competent authority of a Convention country before placing a child in a foster family, or in institutional care, in the Convention country.

(2) If the New South Wales authority is a New South Wales court, before placing a child the New South Wales authority may order the Director-General to consult a competent authority of the Convention country concerned.

(3) If a New South Wales court orders the Director-General to consult, then the Director-General must prepare a report on the child and the reasons for the proposed placement. The Children’s Court must, at the Director-General’s request, make any relevant information that the Children’s Court has under its control available to the Director-General for this purpose.