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Adoption Act 2009
sec.137Entry in suitable adoptive parents register
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### sec.137 Entry in suitable adoptive parents register
This section applies if—
the person was assessed after being selected under part 4 , division 5 ; and
the decision is that the person is suitable; and
for a person assessed jointly with the person’s spouse, the decision is that the person’s spouse is suitable.
The chief executive must enter the person’s name in the suitable adoptive parents register.
(sec.137-ssec.1) This section applies if— the person was assessed after being selected under part 4 , division 5 ; and the decision is that the person is suitable; and for a person assessed jointly with the person’s spouse, the decision is that the person’s spouse is suitable.
(sec.137-ssec.2) The chief executive must enter the person’s name in the suitable adoptive parents register.
- (a) the person was assessed after being selected under part 4 , division 5 ; and
- (b) the decision is that the person is suitable; and
- (c) for a person assessed jointly with the person’s spouse, the decision is that the person’s spouse is suitable.