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This legislation has been repealed.

ADOPTION OF CHILDREN ACT 1965 - SECT 6

Definitions

6 Definitions

In this Act, unless inconsistent with the context or subject matter:
"Adoption order" means an order for the adoption of a child under this Act.
"Charitable organisation" means an organisation, corporate or unincorporate, formed or carried on primarily or principally for religious, charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes, but does not include an organisation formed or carried on for the purpose of trading or securing a pecuniary profit to its members or a statutory health corporation or affiliated health organisation within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 .
"Child" means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years, or a person who has attained that age and in respect of whom an adoption order is sought or has been made.
"Commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Australia.
"Court" means the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
"Director-General" means the person for the time being holding office or acting as the Director-General of the Department of Youth and Community Services.
"Disposition of property" includes the grant or exercise of a power of appointment in respect of property.
"Father" includes a putative father.
"Foster parent" means any person:

(a) who has the care of a child in accordance with a fostering authority held by the person under the Children (Care and Protection) Act 1987 ,
(b) who has the care of a child that has been placed in the care of the person by, or with the written approval of, the Minister administering the Children (Care and Protection) Act 1987 or the Director-General, or
(c) who has the care of a child that has been placed in the care of the person by an authorised private fostering agency within the meaning of the Children (Care and Protection) Act 1987 .
"General consent" means a consent to the adoption of a child other than the consent referred to in subsection (2) of section 27.
"Guardian", in relation to a child, includes:
(a) a person having the custody of the child under a court order, and
(b) a person who is or is deemed to be the guardian of a child, to the exclusion of, or in addition to, any parent or other guardian, under a law of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth.
"Interim order" means an interim order under Division 4 of Part 4.
"Principal officer", in relation to a private adoption agency, means the person specified as the principal officer in the application by virtue of which the private adoption agency was approved under this Act, or the person specified as the principal officer in the latest notice given to the Director-General by the private adoption agency under subsection (2) of section 12.
"Private adoption agency" means a charitable organisation for the time being approved as a private adoption agency under Part 3.
"Regulations" means regulations under this Act.
"Relative", in relation to a child, means a grandparent, uncle or aunt of the child, whether the relationship is of the whole blood or half-blood or by affinity, and notwithstanding that the relationship depends upon the adoption of any person.
"Territory of the Commonwealth" includes a Territory under the trusteeship of the Commonwealth.
"the former Acts" means the Child Welfare Act 1923 and the Child Welfare Act 1939 or either of those Acts.
"the nominated officer" means the Registrar of the Family Law Division of the Court and includes any other officer of the Court specified by rules of Court as the nominated officer for the purposes of this Act.


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