Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This division's purposes include making provision for--
(a) a process for persons to apply to adopt children if an adoption list must be kept for the persons under section 17(1)(a); and
(b) a process for persons to express an interest in being assessed as suitable to be prospective adopters of children if a register must be kept for the persons under section 17(1)(b); and
(c) processes for assessing the suitability of persons to become prospective adopters if the persons names are in an adoption list, the expression of interest register or assessment register; and
(d) processes for deciding about adoptive placements for children.
(2) The processes mentioned in subsection (1)(b), (c) and (d) include--
(a) keeping a register of persons who express an interest in being assessed as suitable to be prospective adopters, and a register of persons who are prospective adopters; and
(b) moderating the entry of the names of persons in the registers; and
(c) giving precedence to the needs of children requiring adoptive placements; and
(d) enabling the chief executive, as the chief executive considers necessary for meeting the placement needs of a particular child when making a decision about the adoption of the child, to consider the suitability of persons named in the assessment register or the expression of interest register.