Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431:section:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6
Character Range: 20449–21538

6  Responsible parent
 (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person is a responsible parent in relation to a child if and only if:
 (a) the person is a parent of the child except where, because of orders made under the Family Law Act 1975, the person no longer has any parental responsibility for the child; or
 (b) under a parenting order the child is to live with the person (whether or not the person is a parent of the child); or
 (c) under a parenting order the person has parental responsibility for the child's long‑term or day‑to‑day care, welfare and development (whether or not the person is a parent of the child); or
 (d) the person (whether or not a parent of the child) has guardianship or custody of the child, jointly or otherwise, under an Australian law or a foreign law, whether because of adoption, operation of law, an order of a court or otherwise.
 (1A) In paragraph (1)(a):
parental responsibility has the same meaning as in Part VII of the Family Law Act 1975.
 (2) Expressions used in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) have the same meaning as in the Family Law Act 1975.