9—Minimum requirements for applicants for registration
(1) A person cannot
apply for registration as a prospective adoptive parent unless—
(a) the
person is resident or domiciled in the State; and
(b) the
person is a permanent resident of Australia; and
(c) the
person is an Australian citizen or, in the case of a joint application for
registration, at least 1 of the applicants is an Australian citizen.
(2) A person cannot
apply for registration as a prospective adoptive parent if—
(a) the
person has previously been so registered (whether under these regulations or
under the law of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth) and that
registration was cancelled on the ground that it was improperly obtained; or
(b) the
person is a prohibited person under the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons)
Act 2016 ; or
(c)
without limiting paragraph (b), the person has, as an adult, been
convicted of—
(i)
an offence against section 14 of the Criminal Law
Consolidation Act 1935 (criminal neglect); or
(ii)
any other offence involving violence towards a child,
abuse of a child or abduction of a child.
(3) A person cannot,
except with the approval of the Chief Executive, apply for registration as a
prospective adoptive parent if a child or young person has, at any time, been
removed from the care or custody of the person under the
Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017 , the
Children's Protection Act 1993 or any other similar law of this State or
another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth.
(4) A person cannot
apply for registration on a subregister relating to children who are resident
in a country outside Australia unless the person also complies with the
minimum requirements of that country for adoption of a child by a person
resident in Australia.