Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The
Director‑General may, in writing, require a private adoption agency to
provide —
(a)
access to, or copies of, the documents referred to in subregulation (2);
(b) oral
information in relation to the operations of the agency, any adoption service
conducted by the agency, and any document referred to in
subregulation (2) or the subject matter of such a document.
(2) The documents to
which subregulation (1) applies are any of the following documents in the
custody, power or control of the agency —
(a) a
document that records information in relation to an adoption or proposed
adoption that has been conducted by the agency;
(b) a
document that relates to the operations of the agency including financial
records, management records, staff records, client records and annual and
other operational reports.
(3) The
Director‑General may require provision of information under
subregulation (1) in such manner and form as the Director‑General
thinks is appropriate in each case.
(4) A private adoption
agency is to comply with a requirement under subregulation (1) within
14 days of receiving written notification of the requirement or such
longer period as is stated by the Director‑General in the written
notification.
(5) The
Director‑General is to ensure that a copy of a report prepared on behalf
of the Director‑General as a result of a review of the operations of a
private adoption agency is provided to the agency as soon as practicable after
its completion.
[Regulation 22B inserted in Gazette
20 May 2003 p. 1785.]