59Criteria for assessment of authorised carers who are applicants for adoption

#### 59 Criteria for assessment of authorised carers who are applicants for adoption 59 Criteria for assessment of authorised carers who are applicants for adoption > For the purposes of section 45F of the Act, the relevant decision-maker is to have regard to the following matters when assessing the suitability of an authorised carer to be approved to adopt the child— > > > (a) the authorised carer’s health, including emotional, physical and mental health, > > > (b) the authorised carer’s age and maturity, > > > (c) the authorised carer’s skills and life experience in relation to the authorised carer’s ability to undertake parenting tasks and attend to the specific needs of an adopted child, > > > (d) the authorised carer’s capacity to support the maintenance of the child’s cultural identity and religious faith (if any), > > > (e) the authorised carer’s appreciation of the importance of and capacity to facilitate— > > > > > (i) contact with the child’s birth parents and family, and > > > > > (ii) exchange of information about the child with the child’s birth parents and family, > > > (f) the general stability of the authorised carer’s character, > > > (g) the stability and quality of the authorised carer’s relationship with his or her spouse (if any) and between the authorised carer, his or her spouse (if any) and other members of the authorised carer’s family and household, > > > (h) any information obtained or check conducted under clause 58, > > > (i) whether the authorised carer has shown an ability to provide a stable, secure and beneficial emotional and physical environment for the child and has the capacity to provide such an environment during the child’s upbringing until the child reaches social and emotional independence, > > > (j) without limiting paragraph (i), the person’s compliance, while at any time an authorised carer, with any applicable provisions of the [Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-157) and the regulations made under that Act.