Adoption Act 2009

This section applies to material (identifying material) that identifies, or is likely to lead to the identification of, a person as—

a party, or relative of a party, to an adoption; or

a party, or relative of a party, to a court proceeding relating to an adoption; or

a person whose consent to an adoption is or was required.

A person must not publish identifying material unless—

the publication is made with the written approval of the chief executive; or

written consent to the publication has been given, for each identified person, by—

for an identified person who is an adult—that person; or

for an identified person who is a child other than a proposed adoptee—a parent of the child; or

for an identified person who is a proposed adoptee in the custody of a person under an interim order or under part 9, division 3—the person with custody of the child; or

for an identified person who is a proposed adoptee other than as mentioned in subparagraph (iii)—the chief executive.

for an individual—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or

for a corporation—1,000 penalty units.

For this section, a child is a proposed adoptee if consent to the child’s adoption has been given by each person whose consent is required before the proposed adoption order may be made.

In this section—