Education (General Provisions) Act 2006
sec.10Meaning of parent
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sec.10 Meaning of parent
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) , if— a person is granted guardianship of a child under the Child Protection Act 1999 ; or a person otherwise exercises parental responsibility for a child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State; then a reference in this Act to a parent of a child is a reference only to a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) . (sec.10-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.10-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.10-ssec.3) A parent of an Aboriginal child includes a person who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a parent of the child. (sec.10-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.10-ssec.5) Despite subsections (1) , (3) and (4) , if— a person is granted guardianship of a child under the Child Protection Act 1999 ; or a person otherwise exercises parental responsibility for a child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State; then a reference in this Act to a parent of a child is a reference only to a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .
- (a) the child’s mother;
- (b) the child’s father;
- (c) a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child.
- (a) a person is granted guardianship of a child under the Child Protection Act 1999 ; or
- (b) a person otherwise exercises parental responsibility for a child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State;