Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsIn this Act--
adopted child see section 7(2).
Adopted Children Register means the Adopted Children Register made and kept by the registrar general under the repealed Acts and continued by and kept under this Act.
adopter or adopters see section 7(2).
adoption compliance certificate means a certificate under article 23 of the Hague convention.
adoption entry, of an adopted person, means the particulars about the adopted person that are--
(a) stated in a schedule to an adoption order for, or a schedule to a memorandum or copy of an adoption order for, the adopted person, and entered in the Adopted Children Register; or
(b) if there is no schedule to an adoption order for, or no schedule to a memorandum or copy of an adoption order for, the adopted person--
(i) stated in the adoption order, memorandum or copy; and
(ii) entered in the Adopted Children Register; or
(c) stated in the register kept by the registrar general titled 'Record of Children whose Births have been registered in the State of Queensland and who have been transferred under Deed of Adoption'.
adoption list means--
(a) the Special Needs Children's Adoption List; or
(b) the Relative Children's Adoption List.
adoption order means an order for the adoption of a child under this Act and, where applicable, includes an order for the adoption of a child under the repealed Acts.
assessment means an assessment made under this Act by the chief executive.
assessment register see section 17(7)(d).
central authority, of a convention country, means the entity designated under article 6 of the Hague convention as the central authority of the country or, if more than 1 central authority has been designated, the entity designated as the central authority for the relevant function.
chief executive for child protection means the chief executive of the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered.
child means a person who had not attained the age of 18 years, or a person who has attained that age in respect of whom an adoption order has been made.
Childrens Court means the Childrens Court constituted under the Childrens Court Act 1992 other than by 2 justices of the peace.
closure day see section 13AB(4)(b).
Commonwealth central authority means the Commonwealth Central Authority under the Commonwealth regulation.
Commonwealth regulation means the Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 1998 (Cwlth).
convention country see section 6A.
country includes a territorial unit or other part of a country.
criminal history, in relation to any person, means--
(a) convictions of that person for any offence committed in Queensland or elsewhere not being convictions that have been quashed or set aside; and
(b) charges made against that person in respect of any offence committed in Queensland or elsewhere that have proceeded to final determination, which has resulted--
(i) in respect of an offence committed in Queensland--in the making of a probation order or a community service order under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 or another law about orders of that kind in relation to that person; or
(ii) in respect of an offence committed elsewhere--in the making of an order of a description similar to that of the order referred to in subparagraph (i) in relation to that person.
disposition of property includes the grant or exercise of a power of appointment in respect of property.
expression of interest register see section 17(7)(c).
general consent means a consent referred to in section 20(1), and, where applicable, includes a consent of a similar nature for the adoption of a child given under the repealed Acts.
guardian, in relation to a child, includes--
(a) a person having the custody of the child pursuant to an order of a court made under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth;
(b) a person who is or is deemed to be the guardian of the child, to the exclusion of, or in addition to, any parent or other guardian, under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth.
Hague convention means the Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, made at the Hague on 29 May 1993, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the schedule.
interim order means an interim order under division 5 of part 3, and, where applicable, includes an interim order of adoption made under the repealed Acts and continued under this Act.
invitation means an invitation, made by the chief executive under section 13AB, to express interest in being assessed as suitable to be a prospective adopter.
non-citizen child the same meaning as is ascribed to that term by the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 (Cwlth).
non-convention country means a country other than Australia, New Zealand or a convention country.
prospective adopter see section 13D(2).
public trustee means the public trustee constituted under the Public Trustee Act 1978.
registrar general means the registrar under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003.
registrar of the Supreme Court means the registrar of the Supreme Court under the Supreme Court Act 1995, and, where applicable, includes the registrar of the Central Court and the registrar of the Northern Court under the Supreme Court Act 1995.
relative, in relation to a child, means--
(a) a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt of the child, whether the relationship is of the whole blood or half blood or by affinity, notwithstanding that the relationship depends upon the adoption of any person; or
(b) the spouse of a parent of the child, whether natural or adoptive.
Relative Children's Adoption List see section 17(7)(b).
special needs child means a child declared by the chief executive under this Act to be a special needs child, and includes a non-citizen child and a child to whom section 20(3) applies.
Special Needs Children's Adoption List see section 17(7)(a).
spouse see section 67A.
Supreme Court includes a judge of the Supreme Court.
Territory of the Commonwealth includes any Territory under the trusteeship of the Commonwealth.
the commencement of this Act means the commencement of the provisions of this Act other than the provisions specified in section 2(2).
the court, when used in relation to a matter within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and of the Childrens Court, includes each of those courts and when used in any other case means the Supreme Court.
the repealed Acts means the Acts and enactments repealed by section 5(1) (as in force on the commencement of this Act), or any of them.
tribunal means the Children Services Tribunal established under the Children Services Tribunal Act 2000.