Adoption Act 2009 No. 29
Table of Reprints
| Effective Date | Publication Date | Amendments Included | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 February 2010 | 2009 Act No. 482009 Act No. 49 | ||
| 01 April 2010 | 2010 Act No. 5 | ||
| 01 June 2010 | 2010 Act No. 2 | ||
| 01 August 2010 |
s 76 (1) (e) commenced |
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| 04 November 2011 | 2011 Act No. 35 | ||
| 17 September 2012 | 2012 Act No. 5 | ||
| 01 July 2014 | 27 October 2016 | 2014 Act No. 28 |
RA s 27 |
| 11 November 2016 | 18 November 2016 | 2016 Act No. 57 | |
| 01 July 2017 | 17 January 2018 | 2017 Act No. 14 |
RA s 35 |
| 29 October 2018 | 23 July 2019 | 2017 Act No. 44 | |
| 31 August 2020 | 08 January 2021 | 2019 Act No. 18 | |
| 07 April 2021 | 07 April 2021 | 2021 Act No. 6 |
RA ss 26, 35, 44 |
| 01 July 2021 | 30 June 2021 | 2020 Act No. 33 | |
| 20 May 2022 | 23 May 2022 | 2022 Act No. 7 | |
| 21 May 2023 | 29 May 2023 | 2022 Act No. 7 | |
| 01 February 2024 | 01 February 2024 | 2023 Act No. 23 | |
| 24 June 2024 | 21 June 2024 | 2023 Act No. 17 |
List of Legislation
Adoption Act 2009 No. 29
date of assent 26 August 2009
ss 1–2, pt 17 div 1 commenced on date of assent (see s 2)
s 76 (1) (e) commenced 1 August 2010 (2009 SL No. 217)
remaining provisions commenced 1 February 2010 (2009 SL No. 217)
Amending legislation
State Penalties Enforcement and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2009 No. 48 ss 1, 2(2), ch 4 pt 3
date of assent 19 November 2009
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 February 2010 immediately after the commencement of the Adoption Act 2009 provisions that commenced on that day (2009 SL No. 275 and 2009 SL No. 217)
Fair Work (Commonwealth Powers) and Other Provisions Act 2009 No. 49 ss 1–2, pt 5
date of assent 19 November 2009
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 31 January 2010 (2009 SL No. 289)
Surrogacy Act 2010 No. 2 ss 1–2, ch 6 pt 2
date of assent 16 February 2010
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 June 2010 (2010 SL No. 86)
Criminal History Screening Legislation Amendment Act 2010 No. 5 pt 1, s 248 sch 3
date of assent 04 March 2010
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 April 2010 (2010 SL No. 53)
Family Responsibilities Commission and Other Acts Amendment Act 2011 No. 35 pts 1, 3
date of assent 04 November 2011
commenced on date of assent
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 No. 5 ss 1–2, 230 sch 1 pt 2
date of assent 17 February 2012
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 17 September 2012 (see s 2)
Child Protection Reform Amendment Act 2014 No. 28 ss 1, 2(2), 105 sch 1
date of assent 28 May 2014
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2014 (see s 2 (2))
Adoption and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 No. 57
date of assent 11 November 2016
pts 1–2, s 67 sch 1 comm on date of assent
Child Protection (Offender Reporting) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No. 14
Child Protection Reform Amendment Act 2017 No. 44
date of assent 10 November 2017
ss 3–14, 17–27, 30, 31(1), (3)–(4), 32–46, 48–67, 68(1)–(2), (4), 69(1), 70, 76–79, 80 (to the extent it ins new s 275), 81–82, pts 3–4 comm 29 October 2018 (2018 SL No. 160)
Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No. 18
date of assent 24 May 2019
pt 2 (other than ss 3, 6, 13, 14, 26A–26B, 37A–37B, 39A–39B, 46A–46B, 58, 60, 65, 66 (to the extent it ins new ch 11 pt 19 hdg, divs 1–3), 67, 69A–70A, 71(3), (5), (7)–(8)), pt 3 div 2 (other than div 2 hdg, ss 74, 75(3)–(4), 76(2)–(3), 77(2)–(3), 85(3)–(4)), schs 1, 2 (other than amendments 10, 21 of the Education and Care Services Act 2013, amendment 8 of the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) Act 2011) comm 31 August 2020 (2020 SL No. 130) (proposed commencement 25 May 2021 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA(2) (2020 SL No. 64))
Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 No. 33
date of assent 14 September 2020
pt 13 div 2 comm 1 July 2021 (2021 SL No. 25 item 2)
Child Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021 No. 6
date of assent 07 April 2021
pts 1–2 comm on date of assent
Child Protection Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No. 7
date of assent 20 May 2022
pt 2 comm on date of assent
sch 1 comm 21 May 2023 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2))
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 No. 17
date of assent 23 June 2023
pt 12 div 2 comm 24 June 2024 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA(2))
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 23
date of assent 20 September 2023
s 247 sch 1 s 3 comm 1 February 2024 (2024 SL No. 1)
Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 50
date of assent 19 September 2024
s 140, sch 1 not yet proclaimed into force (see s 2(1)(b)–(c))
Child Safe Organisations Act 2024 No. 49
date of assent 19 September 2024
s 130 sch 4 pt 1 comm 1 April 2026 (see s 2(3)(c))
History notes
Long title amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 6 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 7 amd 2020 No. 33 s 116
s 9A ins 2016 No. 57 s 3
s 19 amd 2016 No. 57 s 4
s 24 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 29 amd 2009 No. 48 s 115
s 30 amd 2009 No. 48 s 116
s 37 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 39 amd 2009 No. 48 s 117; 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 44 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 60 amd 2016 No. 57 s 5
s 61A ins 2016 No. 57 s 6
s 68 amd 2016 No. 57 s 7
s 69 amd 2016 No. 57 s 8
s 70 amd 2016 No. 57 s 9
s 71 amd 2016 No. 57 s 10
s 73 amd 2016 No. 57 s 11
s 75 amd 2016 No. 57 s 12
s 76 amd 2010 No. 2 s 67; 2016 No. 57 s 13
s 77 amd 2016 No. 57 s 14
s 79 amd 2016 No. 57 s 15
s 80 amd 2016 No. 57 s 16
s 81 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 82 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 84 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 89 amd 2016 No. 57 s 17
s 92 amd 2016 No. 57 s 18
s 95A ins 2016 No. 57 s 19
s 100 sub 2016 No. 57 s 20
s 100A ins 2016 No. 57 s 20
s 101 amd 2016 No. 57 s 21
s 104 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 112 amd 2016 No. 57 s 22
s 114 amd 2016 No. 57 ss 23, 67 sch 1
s 115 amd 2016 No. 57 s 24
s 121 amd 2017 No. 14 s 50 sch 1
s 127 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 128 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 129 amd 2016 No. 57 s 25
s 138 amd 2016 No. 57 s 26
s 139 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 146 amd 2016 No. 57 s 27
s 148 amd 2009 No. 48 s 118
s 152 amd 2021 No. 6 s 4
s 153 amd 2016 No. 57 s 28
s 159 amd 2016 No. 57 s 29
s 165 amd 2016 No. 57 s 30
s 167 amd 2016 No. 57 s 31
s 168 amd 2016 No. 57 s 32
s 169A ins 2016 No. 57 s 33
s 170 amd 2016 No. 57 s 34
s 173 amd 2016 No. 57 s 35
s 175 amd 2009 No. 48 s 119
s 179 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 183 amd 2016 No. 57 s 36
s 188 amd 2016 No. 57 s 37
s 189 amd 2016 No. 57 s 38
s 196 amd 2016 No. 57 s 39
s 198 amd 2021 No. 6 s 5; 2022 No. 7 s 4
s 204 amd 2016 No. 57 s 41
s 208 amd 2016 No. 57 s 42
s 215 sub 2016 No. 57 s 43
s 220 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 231 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 235 amd 2010 No. 5 s 248 sch 3; 2014 No. 28 s 105 sch 1
s 238 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 249 amd 2016 No. 57 s 44
s 250 amd 2023 No. 17 s 146
s 254 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 256 amd 2016 No. 57 s 45
s 256A ins 2016 No. 57 s 46
s 257 amd 2016 No. 57 s 47
s 260 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 263 amd 2016 No. 57 s 48
s 263A ins 2016 No. 57 s 49
s 264 amd 2016 No. 57 s 50
s 265 amd 2016 No. 57 s 51
s 266 amd 2016 No. 57 s 52
s 267 amd 2016 No. 57 s 53
s 270 om 2016 No. 57 s 54
s 271 amd 2016 No. 57 s 55
s 272 om 2016 No. 57 s 56
s 274 amd 2023 No. 17 s 147
s 277 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 278 amd 2016 No. 57 s 57
s 280 amd 2016 No. 57 s 59
s 282 sub 2016 No. 57 s 60
s 283 amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 287 amd 2016 No. 57 s 61
s 288 def adopted children register amd 2023 No. 17 s 148(1)
s 288 def closed entry amd 2023 No. 17 s 148(2)
s 290 amd 2023 No. 17 s 149
s 290A ins 2011 No. 35 s 26
s 290B ins 2011 No. 35 s 26
s 290C ins 2011 No. 35 s 26
pt 14A hdg ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
pt 14A div 1 hdg ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307A ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 307B ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307C ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307D ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
pt 14A div 2 hdg ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307E ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
pt 14A div 3 hdg ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307F ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307G ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
pt 14A div 4 hdg ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307H ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307I ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307J ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307K ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
amd 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
s 307L ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307M ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
pt 14A div 5 hdg ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307N ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307O ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307P ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 307Q ins 2009 No. 48 s 120
s 312 amd 2017 No. 44 s 89; 2021 No. 6 s 6
s 314 amd 2017 No. 44 s 90
s 318 amd 2017 No. 44 s 91
s 319 amd 2009 No. 48 s 121; 2011 No. 35 s 27; 2016 No. 57 s 62
s 321 amd 2017 No. 44 s 92
s 327 sub 2016 No. 57 s 63
pt 16 div 2 hdg amd 2016 No. 57 s 64
s 331A ins 2009 No. 49 s 107
s 335 amd 2009 No. 48 s 122
s 337 amd 2009 No. 48 s 123
pt 16 div 3 hdg ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 347 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 348 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 349 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 350 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 351 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 352 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 353 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 354 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 355 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 356 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 357 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 358 ins 2016 No. 57 s 65
s 359 ins 2022 No. 7 s 5
sch 3 def adoption proceeding ins 2009 No. 48 s 124(2)
sch 3 def adoptive parent amd 2011 No. 35 s 28
sch 3 def Commission for Children Act om 2014 No. 28 s 105 sch 1
sch 3 def disqualification order amd 2010 No. 5 s 248 sch 3; 2014 No. 28 s 105 sch 1; 2017 No. 14 s 50 sch 1
sch 3 def disqualifying offence amd 2010 No. 5 s 248 sch 3; 2014 No. 28 s 105 sch 1; 2019 No. 18 s 86(2) sch 2
sch 3 def domestic violence history amd 2012 No. 5 s 230 sch 1 pt 2
sch 3 def fertility treatment om 2016 No. 57 s 66(1)
sch 3 def Guardianship and Administration Tribunal om 2009 No. 48 s 124(1)
sch 3 def independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity ins 2017 No. 44 s 93(2)
amd 2022 No. 7 s 132 sch 1
sch 3 def infertility om 2016 No. 57 s 66(1)
sch 3 def information notice sub 2009 No. 48 s 124
sch 3 def offender prohibition order amd 2017 No. 14 s 50 sch 1
sch 3 def police commissioner om 2023 No. 23 s 247 sch 1 s 3
sch 3 def president ins 2009 No. 48 s 124(2)
sch 3 def recognised entity om 2017 No. 44 s 93(1)
sch 3 def registrar sub 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
amd 2023 No. 17 s 150
sch 3 def registrar for part 14A, ins 2009 No. 48 s 124(2)
om 2016 No. 57 s 67 sch 1
sch 3 def review application ins 2009 No. 48 s 124(2)
sch 3 def separate representative ins 2009 No. 48 s 124(2)
sch 3 def serious offence sub 2014 No. 28 s 105 sch 1
amd 2019 No. 18 s 86(2) sch 2
sch 3 def support person ins 2009 No. 48 s 124(2)
sch 3 def tribunal sub 2009 No. 48 s 124
Adoption Act 2009
| Government Bill | |
| Introduced: 22 April 2009 |  Bill (Introduction)
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| 3rd Reading: 18 August 2009 | Bill (3rd Reading)
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| Assent: 26 August 2009 | Act 2009, No. 29
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