Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ADOPTION OF CHILDREN REGULATION 1999

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Dictionary

           Part 2--Eligibility to be named in adoption list, expression of interest register or assessment register

           Division 1--Eligibility generally

   3.      Application of div 1
   4.      Special Needs Children's Adoption List
   6.      Relative Children's Adoption List
   7.      Expression of interest register and assessment register—non-resident children
   7A.     Expression of interest register and assessment register—certain other children

           Division 2--Eligibility in special circumstances

   8.      Eligibility of person habitually resident in a convention country
   9.      Eligibility of person seeking adoption order under s 12(3) of the Act

           Part 3--Assessment

   10.     Matters to have regard to for assessment—Act, s 13C(b)
   11.     Persons named in an adoption list or the expression of interest register—general matters
   13.     Persons named in the Relative Children's Adoption List
   14.     Persons named in the expression of interest register

           Part 4--Procedural matters

           Division 1--Dealing with applications, expressions of interest and assessments

   15.     Application fee
   15A.    Fee for expression of interest
   16.     Assessment fee
   17.     Provision of relevant documents or information
   18.     Notice of change in circumstances
   19.     Address for notice of revocation of consent—Act, s 22(2)

           Division 2--Removal from adoption list, expression of interest register or assessment register

   20.     Withdrawal of application
   20A.    Withdrawal of expression of interest
   20B.    Notice asking for removal from assessment register
   21.     Removal from Special Needs Children's Adoption List—Act, s 13B(9)
   22.     Removal if chief executive satisfied person no longer wishes to become an adoptive parent
   22A.    Removal from assessment register if adoption order made
   23.     Notice of removal of person's name from adoption list, expression of interest register or assessment register

           Division 3--Recording of adoption orders and related matters

   24.     Registration of orders—Act, ss 54 and 57
   25.     Corrections of entries

           Part 5--Application for information, certificates etc.

   27.     Searches and copies
   27A.    Persons who may apply for certified copy—Act, s 55A

           Part 6--Miscellaneous

   28.     Access to registers
   28A.    Supervision fee
   29.     Waiver of fees
   30.     Chief executive may approve forms

           Part 7--Transitional provisions

           Division 1--Provision for expired regulation

   31.     Transitional—forms

           Division 2--Provisions relating to Adoption of Children Amendment Act 2002

   32.     Definitions for div 2
   33.     Eligibility for certain persons to be named in the expression of interest register
   34.     Eligibility and other requirements for certain persons transferred to the expression of interest register or assessment register

           Division 3--Transitional provisions for Adoption of Children Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007

   35.     Supervision fee not payable in particular circumstances
           SCHEDULE 1 -- FEES
           SCHEDULE 2 -- DICTIONARY
           Endnotes