Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to an application under this Act, by a person who is habitually resident in a convention country, to adopt a child who is habitually resident in Queensland.
(2) The chief executive may make an order for the adoption of the child by the applicant only if, at the time of the order--
(a) the child is not prevented from leaving Australia--
(i) under a law of the Commonwealth or a State; or
(ii) by an order of a court of the Commonwealth or a State; and
(b) the chief executive is satisfied that--
(i) arrangements for the adoption have been made under the Hague convention and the law of the convention country; and
(ii) the central authority of the convention country has agreed to the adoption; and
(iii) the child is not prevented by a law of the convention country from residing permanently in that country.