108Objects of Part

108 Objects of Part

108 Objects of Part

The objects of this Part are—

(a) to provide a framework for the accreditation of adoption service providers to ensure accredited adoption service providers comply with the objects of the Adoption Act 2000, and

(b) to emphasise that the best interests of the child concerned, both in childhood and later life, must be the principal consideration in adoption law and practice, and

(c) to ensure that adoption law and practice assist the child to know and have access to the child’s birth family and cultural heritage, and

(d) to recognise the changing nature of practices of adoption, and

(e) to ensure equivalent safeguards and standards that apply to children adopted from within the State apply to children adopted from overseas, and

(f) to encourage openness in adoption, and

(g) to allow access to certain information relating to adoption.