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Adoption Act 2009
sec.84Chief executive may close register
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### sec.84 Chief executive may close register
The chief executive may close the expression of interest register, or a part of the register, if satisfied the number of persons listed in the register, having regard to their profiles, is significantly higher than the number needed to meet the anticipated need for adoptive parents.
The chief executive may act under subsection (1) in relation to—
the whole of the register; or
a part of the register relating to—
local adoptions; or
intercountry adoptions; or
intercountry adoptions from a stated country; or
adoptions of children with stated characteristics.
The reference in subsection (1) to the anticipated need for adoptive parents includes, for intercountry adoptions from a particular country, the extent to which applications or expressions of interest from Australians are being received at the relevant time by the country’s competent authority.
s 84 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
(sec.84-ssec.1) The chief executive may close the expression of interest register, or a part of the register, if satisfied the number of persons listed in the register, having regard to their profiles, is significantly higher than the number needed to meet the anticipated need for adoptive parents.
(sec.84-ssec.2) The chief executive may act under subsection (1) in relation to— the whole of the register; or a part of the register relating to— local adoptions; or intercountry adoptions; or intercountry adoptions from a stated country; or adoptions of children with stated characteristics.
(sec.84-ssec.3) The reference in subsection (1) to the anticipated need for adoptive parents includes, for intercountry adoptions from a particular country, the extent to which applications or expressions of interest from Australians are being received at the relevant time by the country’s competent authority.
- (a) the whole of the register; or
- (b) a part of the register relating to— (i) local adoptions; or (ii) intercountry adoptions; or (iii) intercountry adoptions from a stated country; or (iv) adoptions of children with stated characteristics.
- (i) local adoptions; or
- (ii) intercountry adoptions; or
- (iii) intercountry adoptions from a stated country; or
- (iv) adoptions of children with stated characteristics.
- (i) local adoptions; or
- (ii) intercountry adoptions; or
- (iii) intercountry adoptions from a stated country; or
- (iv) adoptions of children with stated characteristics.