This regulation may be cited as the Adoption (Extension of Eligibility Criteria) Amendment Regulation 2016 .
This regulation amends the Adoption Regulation 2009 .
3Amendment of s 4 (Requirements for expressing an interest—Act, s 71)
Section 4, ‘couple’—
omit, insert—person
4Replacement of s 5 (Requirement to demonstrate ability to provide personal care)
Section 5—
omit, insert—5Requirement to demonstrate ability to provide personal care
(1)The person must demonstrate that the person is aware it is ordinarily in a child’s best interests to receive full-time care—(a)provided personally by—(i)the person with whom the child is placed; or(ii)if the child is placed with a person and the person’s spouse—the person or spouse; and(b)for at least 1 year after the child is placed in the care of a person mentioned in paragraph (a).(2)The person must provide details to the chief executive of the person’s proposed, or expected, care arrangements for a child for at least the first year of the child’s placement with the person.
5Amendment of s 6 (Requirement to demonstrate financial capacity for an intercountry adoption)
(1)Section 6(1) ‘couple who make’—
omit, insert—person who makes(2)Section 6(2)—
omit, insert—(2)The person must demonstrate that the person has the financial capacity to meet the full cost of completing the adoption process within 3 years of the day the person makes the expression of interest.(3)Section 6—
insert—(4)If the person makes the expression of interest jointly with the person’s spouse, the person and the spouse may demonstrate a joint financial capacity for subsection (2).
6Amendment of s 16 (Persons entitled to certificate, information or source document—Act, s 290)
Section 16(5), definition applicable person—
omit, insert—applicable person means—(a)a person who has been given information under part 11, division 2 or 3 of the Act about another person; or(b)a birth parent of an adopted person.