Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 307M

307M Questioning of children

(1) A child giving evidence or expressing the child’s views in an adoption proceeding must not be cross-examined.

(2) Also, only the following persons may ask questions of a child giving evidence or expressing the child’s views in an adoption proceeding—

(a) the members constituting the tribunal for the proceeding;

(b) the lawyer, if any, representing the child;

(c) the separate representative, if any, for the child.