Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where the CEO is
the guardian of a child under this Division, and receives from a corresponding
officer —
(a) a
notice that an application for the adoption of the child is to be made in the
other State or the Territory under the law of the other State or the
Territory; and
(b) a
request that the CEO renounce guardianship of the child,
the CEO may by an
instrument in writing, renounce the guardianship.
(2) The CEO is not to
renounce guardianship under subsection (1) unless —
(a) the
revocation period has expired;
(b) the
CEO has had regard to any current adoption plan in relation to the child; and
(c)
under the law of the other State or the Territory, the corresponding officer
will become the child’s guardian when the CEO signs an instrument
renouncing guardianship.
(3) The CEO ceases to
be the guardian under this Division when an instrument renouncing the
guardianship is signed by the CEO.
(4) The CEO is to
cause an instrument under subsection (3) to be sent by registered post to
the corresponding officer.
(5) In this
section a corresponding officer means a person whose functions in
another State or a Territory correspond to those of the CEO under this Act in
relation to the guardianship of children awaiting adoption.
[Section 33 amended by No. 41 of 1997
s. 28; No. 34 of 2004 s. 251.]