Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 307G

307G Hearing must usually be held in private

(1) A hearing of an adoption proceeding must be held in private.

(2) However, the following are entitled to be present at the proceeding—

(a) each party to the proceeding;

(b) if, under an Act, a party is entitled to be represented by someone else at the proceeding, the party’s representative;

(c) a separate representative representing a child in the proceeding;

(d) a witness while giving evidence;

(e) a support person for a witness, while the witness is giving evidence;

(f) a person allowed to be present by the tribunal.

(3) This section is subject to section 307N (3) and the QCAT Act , section 220 .

Editor’s note—

QCAT Act , section 220 (Tribunal may exclude person)