Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 53

53 .         Placing children who cannot be placed under s. 52

                The CEO may place a child with a prospective adoptive parent with a view to the child’s adoption even though the placement does not fulfil some of the requirements of section 52(1) if —

            (a)         the child is a sibling of an adoptee who is resident in the State; or

            (b)         the child cannot otherwise be placed.

        [Section 53 inserted by No. 8 of 2003 s. 30; amended by No. 34 of 2004 s. 251.]