Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 61F

    In:

  (a)   applying this Part to the circumstances of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child; or

  (b)   identifying a person or persons who have exercised, or who may exercise, parental responsibility for such a child;

the court must have regard to any kinship obligations, and child - rearing practices, of the child's Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander culture.

Note:   The expression Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander culture is defined in subsection   4(1).