Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Adoption Act 1984 - SECT 69Q

Effect of suspension or revocation of accreditation

69Q. Effect of suspension or revocation of accreditation



(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.