Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 3

3 .         Principles

        (1)         The paramount considerations to be taken into account in the administration of this Act are —

            (a)         the welfare and best interests of a child who is an adoptee or a prospective adoptee;

            (b)         the principle that adoption is a service for a child who is an adoptee or a prospective adoptee; and

            (c)         the adoption of a child should occur only in circumstances where there is no other appropriate alternative for the child.

        (2)         It is acknowledged that adoption is not part of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island culture and that therefore the adoption of a child who is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander should occur only in circumstances where there is no other appropriate alternative for that child.

        [Section 3 inserted by No. 8 of 2003 s. 4.]