Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 17

17 References to consent

(1) In this part—

"consent" means consent freely and voluntarily given by a person with capacity to give the consent.

(2) A reference in this part to consent to an adoption is a reference to—

(a) for an adoption of a step-child under part 9 , division 4 —

(i) consent to the child’s adoption by the proposed adoptive parent; or

(ii) consent to the child’s adoption generally; or

(b) otherwise, consent to the child’s adoption generally.