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.