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Adoption Act 2009
sec.119Other information gathering
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### sec.119 Other information gathering
The chief executive may make enquiries and gather information in other ways the chief executive considers appropriate, including any of the following—
talking with the person;
asking the person to attend and participate in a workshop or similar educational activity conducted by the department;
visiting the person’s home;
talking with members of the person’s family or household;
talking with referees nominated by the person;
talking with anyone else with information relevant to the person’s suitability;
obtaining expert advice about relevant health, psychological or social matters;
asking the person to prepare documents, for example, a profile of the person’s family;
lawfully obtaining information from the department or other departments.
- (a) talking with the person;
- (b) asking the person to attend and participate in a workshop or similar educational activity conducted by the department;
- (c) visiting the person’s home;
- (d) talking with members of the person’s family or household;
- (e) talking with referees nominated by the person;
- (f) talking with anyone else with information relevant to the person’s suitability;
- (g) obtaining expert advice about relevant health, psychological or social matters;
- (h) asking the person to prepare documents, for example, a profile of the person’s family;
- (i) lawfully obtaining information from the department or other departments.