Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 129

129 Infertility

(1) If the person is infertile or has a spouse who is infertile, the chief executive must have regard to the person’s adjustment to, and acceptance of, the infertility.

(2) In this section—

"infertility" , of a person, means—

(a) an inability, for a reason beyond the person’s control, to conceive; or

(b) a genetically transmitted disorder giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person was a biological parent of a child, the child would not survive or the child’s health would be seriously impaired; or

(c) a condition giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person fell pregnant, the child would not be carried until the child could be delivered alive; or

(d) a condition giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person fell pregnant, the person would not survive or the person’s health would be seriously impaired.