Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The family of a child has the primary responsibility for the care, upbringing and development of the child.
(2) In fulfilling that responsibility, the family should be able to bring up the child in any language or tradition and foster in the child any cultural, ethnic or religious values.
(3) A child may be removed from the child's family only if there is no other reasonable way to safeguard the wellbeing of the child.
(4) As far as practicable, and consistent with section 10, if a child is removed from the child's family:
(a) contact between the child and the family should be encouraged and supported; and
(b) the child should eventually be returned to the family.