sec.25Making access applications for children

### sec.25 Making access applications for children Without limiting the ability of persons to make applications for children, an access application may be made for a child by the child’s parent. Section 190 clarifies the powers of those acting for others. For an application made for a child, the child (and not the parent) is the applicant—see schedule 5 , definition applicant . This may be particularly relevant for section 66 (Applicant under financial hardship). In this section— child means an individual who is under 18 years. parent — 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, including a person who is granted guardianship of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999 or who otherwise exercises parental responsibility for the child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State. 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. s 25 amd 2017 No. 17 s 258 sch 1 (sec.25-ssec.1) Without limiting the ability of persons to make applications for children, an access application may be made for a child by the child’s parent. Section 190 clarifies the powers of those acting for others. For an application made for a child, the child (and not the parent) is the applicant—see schedule 5 , definition applicant . This may be particularly relevant for section 66 (Applicant under financial hardship). (sec.25-ssec.2) In this section— child means an individual who is under 18 years. parent — 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, including a person who is granted guardianship of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999 or who otherwise exercises parental responsibility for the child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State. 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. - 1 Section 190 clarifies the powers of those acting for others. - 2 For an application made for a child, the child (and not the parent) is the applicant—see schedule 5 , definition applicant . This may be particularly relevant for section 66 (Applicant under financial hardship). - 1 Parent, of a child, is any of the following persons— (a) the child’s mother; (b) the child’s father; (c) a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child, including a person who is granted guardianship of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999 or who otherwise exercises parental responsibility for the child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State. - (a) the child’s mother; - (b) the child’s father; - (c) a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child, including a person who is granted guardianship of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999 or who otherwise exercises parental responsibility for the child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State. - 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. - 3 A parent of an Aboriginal child includes a person who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a parent of the child. - 4 A parent of a Torres Strait Islander child includes a person who, under Island custom, is regarded as a parent of the child. - (a) the child’s mother; - (b) the child’s father; - (c) a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child, including a person who is granted guardianship of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999 or who otherwise exercises parental responsibility for the child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State.