Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

ADOPTION AMENDMENT REGULATION 2010 (NO 1) (NO 32 OF 2010) - REG 8

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4     Register of suitable people—requests for inclusion

For the Act, section 18 (1), a request by an applicant for approval to be registered as suitable for the placement of a child or young person for adoption must state the following:

        (a)     in relation to the applicant—

              (i)     full name; and

              (ii)     usual place of residence; and

              (iii)     occupation; and

              (iv)     date and place of birth; and

              (v)     domicile; and

              (vi)     religion (if any); and

              (vii)     state of health; and

              (viii)     financial circumstances;

        (b)     if the applicant is in a domestic partnership—the length of the partnership;

        (c)     in relation to each child (if any) of the applicant (whether a birth child or adopted child)—

              (i)     sex and date of birth; and

              (ii)     the state of health of any living child; and

              (iii)     if any child has died—the date of death;

        (d)     whether the applicant has ever been refused an adoption order;

        (e)     whether an adoption order or interim order in the applicant's favour has been discharged;

        (f)     whether the applicant's name is entered on a list of people seeking to adopt a child in another State or Territory;

        (g)     if paragraph (f) applies—particulars of the entry on the relevant adoption list.