Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (INTERNATIONAL MEASURES) ACT 2003 - SECT 30

30 Functions of department

(1) The department’s functions include co-operating with central authorities of Convention countries—

(a) to find solutions for the protection of particular children; and

(b) to help in the implementation of Queensland measures, foreign measures and measures of non-Convention countries directed to protecting children or their property; and

(c) to consider taking, applying for or referring to the litigation director to consider applying for, a Queensland measure relating to a child—

(i) at the request of a competent authority of another country if the measure is a Queensland personal protection measure; or

(ii) at the request, or at the invitation, of a competent authority of another country if the measure is a Queensland property protection measure; and

(d) to exchange information, subject to appropriate confidentiality provisions; and

(e) to provide information on laws and services; and

(f) to help in locating children; and

(g) to provide reports on the situation of particular children; and

(h) to apply to Queensland courts for orders in response to requests from competent authorities in Convention countries—

(i) to transfer or receive jurisdiction; or

(ii) to take measures directed to protecting the person of a child or measures directed to protecting a child’s property.

Note—

An application to a Queensland court for a measure that is a child protection order under the Child Protection Act 1999 may be made by the litigation director if a referral is made to the director under the Director of Child Protection Litigation Act 2016 following consideration by the department as mentioned in paragraph (c).

(2) If a competent authority of a Convention country consults with the department for the purpose of obtaining the department’s consent to placing a child with a foster family, or in institutional care, in Queensland, the department must take into account the child’s best interests in deciding whether or not to consent.

(3) Subsection (1) is subject to section 34 (2) .