22Secretary may grant or refuse application

22 Secretary may grant or refuse application The Secretary may, as the Secretary thinks fit, grant or refuse an application under section 21 and in particular, without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, may refuse any application if it appears to the Secretary that the applicant is not a welfare organization within the meaning of section 21 or is not suited to carrying on the activity of making arrangements with a view to the adoption of children, having regard to all relevant considerations, including the qualifications, experience, character and number of the persons taking part, or proposing to take part, in the management or control of the organization, or engaged or proposed to be engaged, on behalf of the organization, in the making of arrangements with a view to the adoption of children. S. 23 amended by Nos 3/1986 s. 4(c), 46/1998