Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 359

359 Application of new s 198 to particular actions under pt 9, div 3

(1) This section applies if a child, to whom part 9, division 3 applies, was placed in the custody of prospective adoptive parents during the period—

(a) starting on 12 November 2020; and

(b) ending immediately before the commencement.

(2) New section 198 applies, and is taken to always have applied, in relation to the custody of the child.

(3) A relevant action is taken to be, and to always have been, as valid as the action would have been if new section 198 applied in relation to the custody of the child when the child was placed in the custody of the prospective adoptive parents.

(4) In this section—

"new" , for a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force from the commencement.

"relevant action" means an action taken by a person under part 9, division 3, whether before or after the commencement.