Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 18

18 Form of consent

(1) A parent’s consent to the child’s adoption must be in the approved form, signed by the parent and witnessed by an authorised person.

(2) The approved form must include provision for—

(a) information to identify the child; and

(b) information to identify the parent; and

(c) a signed statement by the witness that the witness has sighted the documents, relating to proof of the parent’s identity, prescribed under a regulation.

(3) The approved form may also include provision for other matters relevant to the child’s adoption that may be, but are not required to be, completed.

Example of other matters—

details of another parent of the child to the extent the details are known by the parent giving the consent

(4) A single document must not contain—

(a) consent to the adoption of more than 1 child; or

(b) more than 1 parent’s consent to the adoption of the child.

(5) In this section—

"authorised person" means a public service employee, or other appropriate person in Queensland or elsewhere, authorised by the chief executive to witness a consent for this Act.