New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2000 - SECT 53

53 Ways in which parent or person who has parental responsibility can give consent

(cf AC Act s 27)

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a parent of, or person who has parental responsibility for, a child may consent to the adoption of the child only by:

(a) giving "general consent" to the adoption of the child by an adoptive parent or parents selected by the Director-General or principal officer of an accredited adoption service provider, or

(b) giving "specific consent" to the adoption of the child by:

(i) a specified adoptive parent who is a relative of the child, or

(ii) 2 specified adoptive persons, one of whom is a parent or relative of the child, or

(iii) a specified adoptive parent who is step parent of the child, or

(iv) a specified adoptive parent who is an authorised carer who has had care responsibility for the child for 2 years or more.

(2) Nothing in this section prevents the Director-General or principal officer from selecting an adoptive parent or parents for the purposes of subsection (1) (a) from one or more of the classes of persons referred to in subsection (1) (b).