Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 152

152 Application of div 1 when further selection required

(1) This division applies to a child (whether or not the child is an intercountry adoption child) if—

(a) the chief executive selects the child’s prospective adoptive parents under division 2 ; and

(b) an interim order is made in favour of the prospective adoptive parents; and

(c) the interim order is discharged.

(2) This division applies to an intercountry adoption child if the persons who were the child’s prospective adoptive parents stop having custody of the child because—

(a) the chief executive, as the child’s guardian under a delegation from the Minister responsible for administering the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 (Cwlth) , removes the child from their custody; or

(b) the Childrens Court makes an order under section 194 (1) (a) .

(3) A reference in this section to a child’s prospective adoptive parents includes, for a proposed adoption by a single person, that person.

(4) In this section—

"intercountry adoption child" means a child brought to Queensland from another country to be adopted under arrangements made between the chief executive and the competent authority for the other country.