Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Where the chief executive has become guardian of a child pursuant to section 27 or is guardian of a child in respect of whom all consents (other than the chief executive's) necessary to the child's adoption have been given or dispensed with, except a child in respect of whom the consents necessary to the child's adoption have been given or dispensed with in relation to the child's adoption by a person who is a relative of the child, the chief executive shall forthwith cause the child's name to be entered in a register, and shall keep, either in or in connection with the register, such particulars of the child as the chief executive thinks fit.
(2) The register shall be kept in a form that indicates the order in which each child named therein became a child whose name is required to be entered in the register.
(3) If an adoption order has not been made in respect of a child named in the register within 3 months after the child became a child whose name is required to be entered in the register the chief executive shall as soon as is practicable notify that fact to each person who gave consent to the adoption of the child, unless--
(a) that person has advised the chief executive that he or she does not desire, or that he or she no longer desires, as the case may be, such notification; or
(b) the whereabouts of that person is unknown to the chief executive after reasonable inquiries have been made.
(4) The chief executive may, in writing, declare a child named in the register to be a special needs child where--
(a) an adoption order has not been made in respect of that child within 4 months after the child becomes a child whose name is required to be entered in the register; or
(b) at any time, the chief executive is of the opinion that because of the special needs of that child there is little prospect of the child being adopted without considering as a prospective adopter or prospective adopters either a person or persons whose name or names is or are in the adoption list referred to in section 17(2)(a) or a person or persons who may wish to apply to adopt the child.
(5) The chief executive shall regularly review the circumstances of each special needs child with a view to securing for the child a permanent placement within a family environment and promoting the welfare and interests of the child.
(6) When the chief executive is no longer guardian of a child named in the register the name and any other particulars of the child in the register shall be deleted.
(7) This section applies in respect of children within the application of subsection (1) who have come into the guardianship of the chief executive before the commencement of section 21 of the Adoption of Children Act Amendment Act 1983 as well as in respect of children who come into the chief executive's guardianship after the commencement of that section but in respect of such of the first mentioned children who have been in the chief executive's guardianship for longer than 3 months at the commencement of that section it shall not be obligatory on the chief executive to comply with subsection (3).