Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Section 4(1)
is amended in the definition of “adoption applications committee”
by deleting “a” and inserting instead —
“ the ”.
(2) Section 4(1)
is amended in the definition of “carer” by deleting
“child;” and inserting instead —
“
child through a placement arranged or approved by the
Department for the care of the child by the person or persons;
”.
(3) Section 4(1)
is amended in the definition of “contact and mediation agency” by
deleting “agency” and inserting instead —
“ licensee ”.
(4) Section 4(1)
is amended in the definition of “contact veto” by deleting
“registered under section 98(1)” and inserting
instead —
“
that was registered under Part 4 Division 4 before the
veto cut off day
”.
(5) Section 4(1)
is amended by deleting the definition of “information veto”.
(6) Section 4(1)
is amended in the definition of “parental responsibility” by
inserting after “the” —
“ duties, ”.
(7) Section 4(1)
is amended after the definition of “step-parent” by deleting the
full stop and inserting a semicolon instead.
(8) Section 4(1)
is amended by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical positions the
following definitions —
"Aboriginal person" means a person who is a
descendant of Aboriginal people of Australia;
"lineal relative", in relation to a person, means
each of the following people —
(a) the
person’s parent or remoter lineal ancestor;
(b) the
person’s child or remoter lineal descendant;
(c) the
person’s sibling of the whole or half blood,
whether the
relationship is established by, or traced through, marriage, a written law or
a natural relationship;
"relative", in relation to a person, means each of
the following people —
(a) the
person’s —
(i)
spouse or de facto partner;
(ii)
parent or other ancestor;
(iii)
child or other descendant;
(iv)
step-parent or step-child;
(v)
sibling;
(vi)
uncle or aunt,
whether the
relationship is of the whole or half blood, established by, or traced through,
marriage, a written law or a natural relationship;
(b) in
the case of an Aboriginal person, a person regarded under the customary law or
tradition of the person’s community as the equivalent of a person
mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c) in
the case of a Torres Strait Islander, a person regarded under the customary
law or tradition of the Torres Strait Islands as the equivalent of a person
mentioned in paragraph (a);
"Torres Strait Islander" means a person who is a
descendant of the indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands;
"veto cut off day" means the day fixed under
section 2(1) of the Adoption Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003.
”.
(9)
Section 4(2)(c) is amended by inserting after “Aboriginal
person” —
“ or a Torres Strait Islander ”.