Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 42

42 Consent given under a law of another State

(1) A complying interstate consent has effect for this Act as if it were given under this part.

(2) For subsection (1) , a person’s consent to the child’s adoption is a
"complying interstate consent" if an authorised officer for another State has given the chief executive—

(a) a notice stating that the consent was given, by signed writing, under a law of the other State and has not been revoked under that law; and

(b) a written authorisation to make arrangements for the adoption of the child in Queensland.

(3) In this section—

"authorised officer" , for another State, means an officer who, under the law of the State, is authorised to make arrangements for the adoption of children in the State.