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Adoption Act 2009
sec.45Child must be given counselling
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### sec.45 Child must be given counselling
The chief executive must ensure the child receives counselling about the proposed adoption, from a counsellor nominated by the chief executive, before an application for an adoption order for the child is made.
The counselling must be carried out in a way and to an extent that is reasonable, having regard to the child’s age and ability to understand.
The counselling may be carried out in 1 or more sessions and by 1 or more counsellors.
In this section—
counsellor means a person who the chief executive is satisfied has appropriate qualifications or experience to carry out counselling under this section.
(sec.45-ssec.1) The chief executive must ensure the child receives counselling about the proposed adoption, from a counsellor nominated by the chief executive, before an application for an adoption order for the child is made.
(sec.45-ssec.2) The counselling must be carried out in a way and to an extent that is reasonable, having regard to the child’s age and ability to understand.
(sec.45-ssec.3) The counselling may be carried out in 1 or more sessions and by 1 or more counsellors.
(sec.45-ssec.4) In this section— counsellor means a person who the chief executive is satisfied has appropriate qualifications or experience to carry out counselling under this section.