ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 27 Effect of cessation or suspension of approved agency

ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 27

Where a welfare organization ceases to be an approved agency or the approval of a welfare organization as an approved agency is suspended—

S. 27(a) amended by No. 46/1998

s. 7(Sch. 1).

        (a)     all records and other documents held by it or under its control relating to the arrangement or negotiation of adoptions shall become the property of the Secretary or, with the approval of the Secretary where the welfare organization has entered into an agreement with an approved agency that the approved agency be the successor of the welfare organization, of that approved agency;

S. 27(b) amended by No. 46/1998

s. 7(Sch. 1).

        (b)     where the principal officer of the first-mentioned approved agency was, immediately before the cessation or suspension, the guardian of a child under this Act, the Secretary or principal officer of the approved agency that is the successor of the first-mentioned approved agency, as the case may be, becomes the guardian of that child upon the cessation or suspension; and

S. 27(c) amended by No. 46/1998

s. 7(Sch. 1).

        (c)     the arrangements or negotiations being undertaken by the first-mentioned approved agency immediately before the cessation or suspension shall be continued by the Secretary or principal officer of the approved agency that is the successor of the first-mentioned approved agency, as the case may be.