Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 298

298 Chief executive to have limited supervision of adopted children

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a child is adopted, in a country other than Australia or New Zealand, under arrangements made between the chief executive and the competent authority for the other country; and

(b) the adoption has been in force for less than 1 year; and

(c) the child is present in Queensland.

(2) The chief executive may supervise the wellbeing and interests of the child for the prescribed period, starting on the day the child arrives in Queensland.

(3) If the chief executive carries out the supervision, the chief executive may, by written notice, require the child’s adoptive parents to pay the fee prescribed under a regulation for the supervision.

(4) The notice must state the time, not less than 30 days after the notice is given, by which the fee must be paid.

(5) A person must allow an authorised officer reasonable access to the child to carry out the supervision.

(6) It does not matter for subsection (1) (a) whether the adoption is one that, under this Act, has the same effect as an adoption order under this Act.

(7) In this section—

"authorised officer" means an officer of the department, or adoption contract worker, authorised by the chief executive to carry out supervision under this section.

"prescribed period" means a period of 1 year less the length of any period, after the child’s adoption but before the child’s arrival in Queensland, for which the child was resident in a State, other than Queensland, or in New Zealand.