Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts9. Responsibilities of Minister
The Minister is, under and in accordance with this Act, responsible for -
(a) the assessment of the suitability of a person or persons to adopt a child (including a non-citizen child);
(b) the arrangements for and in relation to the allocation of a citizen-child to a person or persons wishing to adopt such a child;
(c) the transfer of the care
and custody of a child (including a
non-citizen child) to the person or
persons who will adopt him or her; and
(d) the giving of his or her consent to the adoption of a child (including a non-citizen child) of whom he or she has guardianship.