Adoption Regulations 2016

For the purposes of section 92 of the Act, a child is of a prescribed class –

if the child has significant long-term needs involving substantial costs in providing necessary care to him or her in respect of one or more of the following:his or her physical health, mental health or development; a recognised high risk to his or her physical health, mental health or development; emotional, behavioural or social factors affecting him or her; or if – the child has been placed in the care of foster-parents and has developed significant and enduring bonds with those foster-parents; and the foster-parents wish to adopt the child; and financial or other assistance will facilitate proceedings for the adoption of the child by the foster-parents which may not otherwise eventuate.