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In forcePlacing child who cannot be placed under s. 52
Part 3The adoption process
Division 7Placement of prospective adoptees
53 Placing child who cannot be placed under s. 52
The CEO may place a child with a prospective adoptive parent with a view to the child’s adoption even though the placement does not fulfil some of the requirements of section 52(1) if —
(a)
the child is a sibling of an adoptee who is resident in the State; or
(b)
the child cannot otherwise be placed.
[Section 53 inserted: No. 8 of 2003 s. 30; amended: No. 34 of 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 2(8).]
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