Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts37. Guardianship of non-citizen child awaiting adoption
Where a non-citizen child enters or has entered the Territory from a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth or from an overseas country and the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 of the Commonwealth no longer applies in relation to the non-citizen child -
(a) the guardianship of the child shall be placed with the Minister; and
(b) section 36 shall, to the extent necessary, apply to that child as if he or she were born in a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth,
for so long as the Territory is the normal place of residence of the child.