72Counselling services

72 Counselling services (1) The director-general must not give a document or information to an applicant stated in, or included in a class of persons stated in, a contact veto under this part unless the applicant has attended an interview with an approved counsellor. (2) If the director-general receives an application under this part from an applicant mentioned in subsection (1), the director-general must tell the applicant in writing of the place or places where counselling services are available and that information cannot be given under this part unless the applicant has attended an interview with an approved counsellor. (3) This section does not apply if the director-general is satisfied that the adopted person and another person mentioned in the original birth certificate relating to the adopted person have already exchanged information that may identify that birth parent or a birth relative of the adopted person. (4) The director-general may approve a person as a counsellor for this Act. (5) An approval is a notifiable instrument. (6) The director-general must not approve a person as a counsellor under subsection (4) unless the person has, in the opinion of the director-general, the qualifications and experience appropriate for a counsellor for this Act. Note An objection to contact under s 70 may be made in relation to an adoption only if the adoption order was made before the commencement of the Adoption Amendment Act 2009 (No 2).