Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts30. Person consenting to receive counselling
(1) Subject to subsection (4), a person (other than the Minister) who is, under this Division, required to consent to an adoption of a child shall not consent to the adoption unless he or she has received counselling from an approved person.
(2) The person who gives the counselling referred to in subsection (1) shall, not later than 7 days before consent to an adoption is given, give to the person or persons who propose to consent to the adoption information in the prescribed form in respect of the effect of an order for adoption and the alternatives to adoption.
(3) The Minister may, for the purposes of a proceeding under this Act, certify that subsections (1) and (2) have been complied with and such certification by the Minister is prima facie evidence that subsections (1) and (2) have been complied with.
(4) This section does not apply to a person who proposes to give consent to an adoption and who will have been residing outside the Territory for a continuous period of 2 months at the time of giving the consent.