ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 24 Revocation or suspension of approval

ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 24

S. 24(1) amended by No. 46/1998

s. 7(Sch. 1).

    (1)     The Secretary may at any time by notice in writing served personally or by certified mail on the principal officer of an approved agency revoke or suspend for a specified period the approval of the agency under this Division or the authority of the agency under section 23—

        (a)     at the request of the approved agency concerned;

        (b)     in the case of a revocation or suspension of approval under section 22 , on the ground that the approved agency is no longer a suitable organization to carry on the activity of conducting negotiations or making arrangements with a view to the adoption of children, having regard to all relevant considerations including the matters referred to in section 22;

        (c)     in the case of revocation or suspension of authority under section 23, on the ground that the approved agency is no longer a suitable organization to make arrangements with prescribed persons or prescribed organizations in places outside Australia for the adoption in Victoria of non-citizen children; or

        (d)     on the ground that the approved agency has contravened, or failed to comply with, a provision of this Act or the regulations that is applicable to it.

    (2)     Where the approval of a welfare organization as an approved agency is suspended, the organization shall not commence or continue arrangements or negotiations for an adoption under this Act.

S. 25 amended by No. 32/2000 s. 15.