Page 772 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 24 March 1993
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MS ELLIS (4.24), by leave: I move:
Page 26, subclause (2), line 33, omit "supervised", substitute "promoted".
Page 26, subclause (2), line 36, omit "is subject to the supervision of", substitute "may receive support from".
I refer briefly to the word "supervised", which appears in certain parts of the Bill and was a problem to some people. I highlight to members the substitution of the words "promoted" or "receive support" for the word "supervised".
MS SZUTY (4.25): I would like to expand on the comments I made earlier about supervision and support. The needs of adoptive parents are very much for support. By and large, they need to feel that they can discuss openly and honestly with welfare authorities issues of possible concern or difficulty about the adoption. I think in most instances that is the way to go. This provision will also be of benefit to welfare authorities who are assessing the adoption placement. There will always be an element of supervision inherent in the support visits. However, welfare authorities should be encouraged to discuss and possibly review their existing approach to these visits.
Amendments agreed to.
MS ELLIS (4.26): I move:
Page 27, subclause (3), lines 1 to 3, omit the subclause, substitute the following subclause:
"(3) In this section -
'support', in relation to an adopted child, means the Director or a person authorised in writing by the Director visiting the child and the family in the child's home environment, but does not include financial support.".
This amendment relates to the words "support" and "supervision", which have been used previously in the Bill. The amendment will give clarification to what the word "support" refers to now that it is being used in place of "supervision".
Amendment agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 57 to 72, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
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