Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 324

324 Research

(1) The chief executive may authorise a qualified person to use information obtained under this Act for approved research.

(2) If a qualified person is authorised to use information under subsection (1) , the information must be collected for the research to enable its use in a way that could not reasonably be expected to result in the identification of any of the individuals to whom it relates.

(3) The chief executive may contact persons affected by adoption to ask if they would like to participate in approved research being conducted by a qualified person.

(4) In this section—

"approved research" means research approved by—

(a) a human research ethics committee under the Public Health Act 2005 ; or

(b) an ethics committee established by a university and concerned, wholly or partly, with research involving humans; or

(c) an ethics committee established by the National Health and Medical Research Council.

"qualified person" , in relation to particular research, means an officer of the department, or other person, who the chief executive is satisfied has appropriate qualifications or experience to carry out the research.