sec.132Other cultural matters

### sec.132 Other cultural matters This section applies if the chief executive is making a decision about the person’s suitability to be an adoptive parent of a child who is, or children who include, a child of a particular ethnic or other cultural background. The chief executive must have regard to the person’s ability and willingness to— understand the child’s background; and help the child to maintain contact with the child’s community or language group; and help the child to develop and maintain a connection with the child’s ethnicity or culture; and preserve and enhance the child’s sense of ethnic or cultural identity. If the person has a current expression of interest that relates to an intercountry adoption from a particular country, the chief executive must have regard to— the person’s attitudes to, and understanding of, the country and its culture; and the person’s ability and willingness, if the person adopted a child from the country, to— continue to learn about the country and its culture; and help the child learn about the country and its culture. (sec.132-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive is making a decision about the person’s suitability to be an adoptive parent of a child who is, or children who include, a child of a particular ethnic or other cultural background. (sec.132-ssec.2) The chief executive must have regard to the person’s ability and willingness to— understand the child’s background; and help the child to maintain contact with the child’s community or language group; and help the child to develop and maintain a connection with the child’s ethnicity or culture; and preserve and enhance the child’s sense of ethnic or cultural identity. (sec.132-ssec.3) If the person has a current expression of interest that relates to an intercountry adoption from a particular country, the chief executive must have regard to— the person’s attitudes to, and understanding of, the country and its culture; and the person’s ability and willingness, if the person adopted a child from the country, to— continue to learn about the country and its culture; and help the child learn about the country and its culture. - (a) understand the child’s background; and - (b) help the child to maintain contact with the child’s community or language group; and - (c) help the child to develop and maintain a connection with the child’s ethnicity or culture; and - (d) preserve and enhance the child’s sense of ethnic or cultural identity. - (a) the person’s attitudes to, and understanding of, the country and its culture; and - (b) the person’s ability and willingness, if the person adopted a child from the country, to— (i) continue to learn about the country and its culture; and (ii) help the child learn about the country and its culture. - (i) continue to learn about the country and its culture; and - (ii) help the child learn about the country and its culture. - (i) continue to learn about the country and its culture; and - (ii) help the child learn about the country and its culture.