Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) On application by an adopter of a child under a simple adoption, the chief executive may, by written order, declare the adoption to have effect as a full adoption.
(2) If the chief executive makes the order, the adoption has effect as a full adoption.
(3) The chief executive may make the order only if the chief executive is satisfied--
(a) an adoption compliance certificate, issued in the convention country in which the adoption was granted, is in force for the adoption; and
(b) the adopter is habitually resident in Queensland; and
(c) when the adoption was granted, the adopted child was habitually resident in the convention country; and
(d) if the adopted child is not in Australia when the chief executive proposes to make the declaration--the child is not prevented from entering 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
(e) the child is not prevented from residing permanently in 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.