sec.6Meaning of parent of a child

sec.6 Meaning of parent of a child

A parent , of a child, is any of the following persons— the child’s mother; the child’s father; a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child. However, a person standing in the place of a parent of a child on a temporary basis is not a parent of the child. A parent of an Aboriginal child includes a person who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a parent of the child. A parent of a Torres Strait Islander child includes a person who, under Island custom, is regarded as a parent of the child. Despite subsections (1) , (3) and (4) , a reference in this Act to a parent of a child is a reference only to— if a person is granted guardianship of a child under the Child Protection Act 1999 —the person granted guardianship; or if paragraph (a) does not apply but a person otherwise exercises parental responsibility for a child under a decision or order of a Federal Court or a court of a State—the person who exercises parental responsibility for the child under the decision or order. s 6 amd 2010 No. 42 s 214 sch (sec.6-ssec.1) A parent , of a child, is any of the following persons— the child’s mother; the child’s father; a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child. (sec.6-ssec.2) However, a person standing in the place of a parent of a child on a temporary basis is not a parent of the child. (sec.6-ssec.3) A parent of an Aboriginal child includes a person who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a parent of the child. (sec.6-ssec.4) A parent of a Torres Strait Islander child includes a person who, under Island custom, is regarded as a parent of the child. (sec.6-ssec.5) Despite subsections (1) , (3) and (4) , a reference in this Act to a parent of a child is a reference only to— if a person is granted guardianship of a child under the Child Protection Act 1999 —the person granted guardianship; or if paragraph (a) does not apply but a person otherwise exercises parental responsibility for a child under a decision or order of a Federal Court or a court of a State—the person who exercises parental responsibility for the child under the decision or order.

• (a) the child’s mother;
• (b) the child’s father;
• (c) a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child.
• (a) if a person is granted guardianship of a child under the Child Protection Act 1999 —the person granted guardianship; or
• (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply but a person otherwise exercises parental responsibility for a child under a decision or order of a Federal Court or a court of a State—the person who exercises parental responsibility for the child under the decision or order.