Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The functions of
the adoption applications committee are —
(a) to
consider whether or not persons who have applied to the CEO under
section 38(1) are suitable for adoptive parenthood; and
(b) to
approve, either generally or in accordance with subsection (2), or not
approve, such persons as prospective adoptive parents.
(2) The adoption
applications committee may approve a person as a prospective adoptive parent
for adoptive parenthood of children in one or more of the following
categories —
(a)
children who are of an age, origin or ethnic background specified by the
committee;
(b)
children who require medical, behavioural or psychological care specified by
the committee;
(c)
children who are not of an age, origin or ethnic background specified by the
committee;
(d)
children who do not require medical, behavioural or psychological care
specified by the committee.
[Section 13 amended by No. 8 of 2003
s. 11; No. 34 of 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 2(8).]