Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts26. No adoption without consent
Subject to this Act, the Court shall not make an order for the adoption of a child unless -
(a) consent (not being consent that has been revoked) to the adoption is given by the appropriate person or persons ascertained in accordance with this Division; or
(b) the Court has, by order under section 35, dispensed with the giving of a consent to the adoption by such a person.