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ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 29 General or limited consents

ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 29

General or limited consents

    (1)     For this Act, consent to the adoption of a child or young person may be general or limited.

    (2)     A general consent is a consent to the adoption of the child or young person by any person or persons in accordance with the law of the Territory, and has effect accordingly.

    (3)     A limited consent is a consent to the adoption of the child or young person—

        (a)     by a relative of the child or young person; or

        (b)     by a person who has been appointed as a guardian of the child or young person by order of a court; or

        (c)     by a person in whose custody the child or young person has been placed by the director-general in accordance with a law of the Territory; or

        (d)     by a step-parent.