Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 119

119 Other information gathering

The chief executive may make enquiries and gather information in other ways the chief executive considers appropriate, including any of the following—

(a) talking with the person;

(b) asking the person to attend and participate in a workshop or similar educational activity conducted by the department;

(c) visiting the person’s home;

(d) talking with members of the person’s family or household;

(e) talking with referees nominated by the person;

(f) talking with anyone else with information relevant to the person’s suitability;

(g) obtaining expert advice about relevant health, psychological or social matters;

(h) asking the person to prepare documents, for example, a profile of the person’s family;

(i) lawfully obtaining information from the department or other departments.