ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 69Q Effect of suspension or revocation of accreditation

ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 69Q

    (1)     If the accreditation of an accredited body is suspended or revoked—

        (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 State Central Authority or, with the approval of the State Central Authority where the body has entered into an agreement with an accredited body that the accredited body be the successor of the body, of that accredited body;

        (b)     if the principal officer of the first-mentioned body was, immediately before the suspension or revocation, the guardian of a child under this Act, the State Central Authority or principal officer of the accredited body that is the successor of the first-mentioned body, as the case may be, becomes the guardian of that child upon the suspension or revocation;

        (c)     the arrangements or negotiations being undertaken by the first-mentioned body immediately before the suspension or revocation shall be continued by the State Central Authority or principal officer of the accredited body that is the successor of the first-mentioned body, as the case may be.

    (2)     On the expiration of a period of suspension of the accreditation of an accredited body—

        (a)     the State Central Authority may return to the accredited body any documents and records that, under subsection (1)(a), became the property of the State Central Authority upon the suspension; and

        (b)     the State Central Authority may authorize the accredited body to continue such arrangements and negotiations being undertaken by the State Central Authority as the State Central Authority thinks fit, being arrangements or negotiations that, but for the suspension, would have been carried on by the accredited body.

S. 69R inserted by No. 32/2000 s. 4.