Corresponding officer with parental responsibility, when CEO may request transfer etc. of responsibility
34 Corresponding officer with parental responsibility, when CEO may request transfer etc. of responsibility
If an application for a child’s adoption is to be made under this Act and a corresponding officer has parental responsibility for the child, the CEO may —
notify the corresponding officer of the application; and
request the corresponding officer to renounce parental responsibility for the child and forward to the CEO for use in the proceedings, the forms of consents executed in the other State or the Territory in relation to the child.
The CEO is not to request the renunciation of parental responsibility under subsection (1) unless —
the CEO is satisfied that the child is in this State; and
consents that have been given to the child’s adoption cannot be lawfully revoked; and
the CEO has had regard to any current adoption plan or arrangements under a corresponding law of the other State or the Territory in relation to the child; and
under the law of the other State or the Territory, if the corresponding officer signs an instrument renouncing parental responsibility, the corresponding officer ceases to have parental responsibility for the child.
The CEO has parental responsibility for the child under this Division when the corresponding officer signs an instrument renouncing parental responsibility for the child.
In this section corresponding officer has the meaning given by section 33(5).
[Section 34 amended: No. 34 of 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 2(8); No. 15 of 2012 s. 21.]
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