Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 71

71 Other requirements for expressing an interest

(1) A regulation may prescribe requirements with which a person must comply before or when expressing an interest.

(2) A regulation may, for example, require that the person must—

(a) attend a departmental information session within a stated time before expressing an interest; or

(b) when expressing an interest, be able to demonstrate—

(i) an ability to personally care for a child full-time for a stated period after the child is placed with the person; or

(ii) for an expression of interest relating to an intercountry adoption—an ability to meet the full cost of completing the adoption process within a stated period.

(3) A regulation may set a fee payable for an information session or other thing relating to a requirement under this section.