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ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 109
Assessment process
109 Assessment process
(1) To assess a person, the chief executive must— (a) obtain relevant
information under division 4 ; and
(b) assess the person’s suitability on
the bases stated in division 5 ; and
(c) prepare a preliminary report about
the person’s suitability; and
(d) give to the person— (i) a copy of the
report; and
(ii) a notice inviting the person to give the chief executive,
within a stated period of at least 28 days, a written response to the report,
including corrections or comments about the matters stated in the report; and
(e) after considering the person’s response, if any, decide whether the
person is suitable.
Note— See division 6 for the steps following the chief
executive’s decision.
(2) If, in the course of carrying out the
assessment mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , the chief executive is satisfied
there is an unacceptable risk mentioned in section 121 , the chief executive
must prepare a preliminary report stating that the person is unsuitable
without any further assessment under division 5 .
(3) If, in carrying out the
assessment mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , the chief executive is satisfied
the person is unsuitable on any of the other bases stated in division 5 (for
example, because the person does not have the health required under
section 122 ), the chief executive may prepare a preliminary report stating
that the person is unsuitable without any further assessment under division 5
.
(4) The chief executive must comply with subsection (1) (d) and (e) even if
the scope of the assessment is limited under subsection (2) or (3) .
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