Adoption Regulation 2020 (Qld)

Adoption Regulation 2020

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Adoption Regulation 2020.

Part 2 Requirements about consent to adoption

2 Requirement for sighting documents relating to proof of parent's identity— Act , s 18 For section 18(2)(c) of the Act, the documents prescribed are the relevant identity documents under section 9 for the parent.

Part 3 Making expressions of interest

3 Other requirements for expressing an interest— Act , s 71 For section 71(1) of the Act, this part states the requirements with which a person must comply when expressing an interest under part 4, division 2 of the Act.

4 Requirement to demonstrate ability to provide personal care (1) The person must demonstrate the person is aware it is ordinarily in a child's best interests to receive full-time care— (a) provided personally by— (i) the person with whom the child is placed; or (ii) if the child is placed with a person and the person's spouse—the person or spouse; and (b) for at least 1 year after the child is placed in the care of a person mentioned in paragraph (a). (2) The person must give the chief executive details of the person's proposed, or expected, arrangements for the care of a child for at least the first year of the child's placement with the person.

5 Requirement to demonstrate financial capacity for intercountry adoption process (1) This section applies if the person expresses an interest relating to an intercountry adoption. (2) The person must demonstrate the person has the financial capacity to meet the full cost of completing the adoption process within 3 years after the day the expression of interest is made. (3) For subsection (2), the full cost of completing the adoption process may include the following— (a) fees as prescribed in schedule 2; (b) fees payable in another country to an entity associated with the adoption; (c) fees payable in relation to a child's migration to Australia; (d) costs related to the translation of documents; (e) costs of having documents notarised and couriered between countries; (f) costs of travel to, and accommodation in, another country to take custody of a child. (4) If the person makes the expression of interest jointly with the person's spouse, the person and the spouse may demonstrate joint financial capacity for subsection (2).