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ADOPTION OF CHILDREN REGULATION 1999 - SECT 17

17 Provision of relevant documents or information

(1) A person who has applied to become an adoptive parent must give the chief executive, on request, any document or information the chief executive reasonably requires to--

(a) consider the person's eligibility to have the person's name entered in an adoption list; or
(b) make an assessment, under section 13B of the Act, about the person.

(2) A person who, in response to an invitation, has expressed interest in being assessed as suitable to be a prospective adopter must give the chief executive, on request, any document or information the chief executive reasonably requires to--

(a) consider the person's eligibility to have the person's name entered in the expression of interest register; or
(b) make an assessment, under section 13B of the Act, about the person; or
(c) consider the person's eligibility to have the person's name remain in the assessment register.

(3) The chief executive may, for example, ask the person for any of the following--

(a) a copy of the person's birth certificate;
(b) a deed poll or other evidence of a change of the person's name;
(c) a copy of the person's marriage certificate;
(d) a copy of a certificate evidencing the person's citizenship;
(e) a document evidencing a decree of dissolution of a marriage of the person;
(f) if the person has applied to become an adoptive parent in relation to a particular child--a document evidencing a parenting order under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth) or a similar order relating to the child;
(g) a medical report addressing the person's infertility or another matter concerning the person's physical or mental health;
(h) a reference from a stated person or member of a stated class of persons.


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