Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An adopted person is entitled to have the chief executive disclose to the adopted person--
(a) the name of the adopted person's birth parent as at the date consent to the adoption of the adopted person was given or dispensed with; and
(b) the date of birth of the adopted person's birth parent; and
(c) the name and date of birth of any other adopted person who has or had at least 1 parent (whether natural or adoptive) who is or was a birth parent of the adopted person and if--
(i) the other adopted person has not made an objection under section 39AA(2)(a) that is in force; and
(ii) the other adopted person has so requested in writing;
the name and the address of the other adopted person last known to the chief executive; and
(d) if the birth parent has not made an objection under section 39AA(2)(a) that is in force and the birth parent has so requested in writing--the name and the address of the birth parent last known to the chief executive.
(2) A birth parent is entitled to have the chief executive disclose to the birth parent in respect of an adopted person of whom he or she is a birth parent--
(a) the name, at the date of adoption, of the adopted person; and
(b) the name, at the date of adoption, of the adoptive parent of the adopted person; and
(c) if the adopted person has not made an objection under section 39AA(2)(a) that is in force and the adopted person has so requested in writing--the name and the address of the adopted person last known to the chief executive.
(3) The chief executive may disclose to a relative, who has attained the age of 18 years, of an adopted person--
(a) the name, at the date of adoption, of the adopted person; and
(b) the name, at the date of adoption, of the adoptive parent of the adopted person; and
(c) if the adopted person has not made an objection under section 39AA(2)(a) that is in force and the adopted person has so requested in writing--the name and the address of the adopted person last known to the chief executive.
(4) The chief executive may disclose to an adoptive parent, or to a relative who is at least 18 years old, of an adopted person--
(a) the name of the adopted person's birth parent as at the date consent to the adoption of the adopted person was given or dispensed with; and
(b) the date of birth of the adopted person's birth parent; and
(c) if the birth parent has not made an objection under section 39AA(2)(a) that is in force and the birth parent has so requested in writing--the name and the address of the adopted person's birth parent last known to the chief executive.
(5) The chief executive shall not disclose information referred to in subsection (3) or (4) unless the chief executive is satisfied that--
(a) in the case of subsection (3)--the birth parent is dead or is in such a condition as to be permanently incapable of applying to have the information referred to in subsection (2) disclosed; and
(b) in the case of subsection (4)--the adopted person is dead or is in such a condition as to be permanently incapable of applying to have the information referred to in subsection (1) disclosed.
(6) The chief executive must not, under this section, disclose to a person information in relation to another person if an objection by either person under section 39AA(2)(b) is in force in relation to the other person.
(7) The chief executive must not, under subsection (1), disclose information to an adopted person about any other adopted person if--
(a) either adopted person was adopted by a person who is or was a relative (as defined by section 6) of that adopted person; and
(b) an objection by the birth parent under section 39AA(2)(b) is in force in relation to either adopted person.
(8) Application for disclosure of information under this section must be made to the chief executive in writing in the form approved by the chief executive in writing.