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ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 78 Notice to persons not entered in register

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 78

Notice to persons not entered in register

78 Notice to persons not entered in register

(1) This section applies if—
(a) a person has made, or has purported to make, an expression of interest under division 2 ; but
(b) the chief executive considers that, under section 75 (2) , the person’s name may not be entered in the expression of interest register.
(2) The chief executive must give the person a notice (a
"show cause notice" ) stating—
(a) that the person’s name has not been entered in the register; and
(b) why the person’s name has not been entered in the register; and
(c) that the person may, within a stated time of at least 28 days, give the chief executive a written response about entering the person’s name in the register.
(3) The chief executive must consider any response given by the person within the time stated in the show cause notice before deciding whether the person’s name may be entered in the register.
(4) If the chief executive decides the person’s name may not be entered in the register, the chief executive must give the person an information notice for the decision.