Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person who wishes to adopt a special needs child, or a child of whom the person is a relative, may apply to the chief executive to become an adoptive parent and to have the person's name entered in the adoption list relevant to the application.
(2) The application must be in the form approved by the chief executive.
(3) The applicant is entitled to have the applicant's name entered in the adoption list relevant to the application.
(4) However, the chief executive must remove the person's name from the adoption list if--
(a) the person is, as prescribed under a regulation, ineligible to have the person's name entered in the adoption list; or
(b) the person does not comply with a requirement prescribed under a regulation.
(5) A married couple may make a single application but both of their names must be removed from the adoption list if 1 of their names must be removed from the list under subsection (4).
(6) Within 14 days after the removal of a person's name from the adoption list, the chief executive must give written notice to the person of the removal.
(7) The notice must state--
(a) the reasons for the decision to remove the person's name; and
(b) that the person may apply to the tribunal to have the decision reviewed; and
(c) how the person may apply to the tribunal for the review, including the time by which the person must make the application.