New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2000 - SECT 37

37 Torres Strait Islander participation in decision making

(1) The Director-General or appropriate principal officer must ensure that the following are consulted about the placement of a Torres Strait Islander child:

(a) a person approved in accordance with section 196, or

(b) a person nominated by the child’s parents, extended family or kinship group, as recognised by the Torres Strait Islander community to which the child belongs, or by that community, with expertise in relation to the adoption or substitute care of Torres Strait Islander children.

(2) In addition, the Director-General or appropriate principal officer must ensure that the placement of the child is made in consultation with a local, community-based and relevant Torres Strait Islander organisation.