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ADOPTION (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 9

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.



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