Adoption Act 2009

This section applies if the chief executive is making a decision about the person’s suitability to be an adoptive parent of a child who is, or children who include, an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child.

The chief executive must have regard to the person’s ability and willingness to—

help the child to maintain contact with the child’s community or language group; and

help the child to develop and maintain a connection with the child’s Aboriginal tradition or Island custom; and

preserve and enhance the child’s sense of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander identity.

If the chief executive is making a decision about the person’s suitability to be an adoptive parent of a particular Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child, the chief executive must have regard to the person’s links with, and standing in, the child’s community or language group.