❓ Question regarding access to adoption information for birth parents, fathers, and adoptees, specifically whether a mediator can be involved in the process. The answer confirms restrictions under the Adoption Act 1994 and denies mediator access.
AnsweredQoN 4693Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to forced adoption practices and to the ongoing trauma experienced by many people affected by these practices. Given the need for specialist counselling support in many forced adoption cases, is there any capacity for a licensed mediator or other approved third party to be made a party to a birth mother, father or adoptee’s access to information from Past Adoption Information and Services?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
2 November 2011
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
42 days
Adoption information is subject to the confidentiality provisions of the Adoption Act 1994.
Application to access adoption information is legislatively required to be on a registration form approved by the CEO and include a witnessed Statutory Declaration of identify.
Access to information is restricted under the Adoption Act 1994.
Licensed mediators are not prescribed as eligible to access adoption information and an individual cannot give away their entitlement to an ineligible person.
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Application to access adoption information is legislatively required to be on a registration form approved by the CEO and include a witnessed Statutory Declaration of identify.
Access to information is restricted under the Adoption Act 1994.
Licensed mediators are not prescribed as eligible to access adoption information and an individual cannot give away their entitlement to an ineligible person.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
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