Queensland Numbered Acts

MERIBA OMASKER KAZIW KAZIPA (TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER TRADITIONAL CHILD REARING PRACTICE) ACT 2020 - SECT 58

58 Deciding about cultural recognition order

(1) After having regard to the information in an application for a cultural recognition order and information or documents given under section 57 , the commissioner must decide—

(a) to make a cultural recognition order; or

(b) not to make a cultural recognition order.

(2) If the person the subject of the application for the cultural recognition order is a child, the commissioner must give each party to the application—

(a) a statement of reasons for the decision; and

(b) if the decision is to make an order—a copy of the order.

(3) If the applicant is an adult who is the subject of the application, the commissioner must give to the applicant and the applicant’s birth parents and cultural parents—

(a) a statement of reasons for the decision; and

(b) if the decision is to make an order—a copy of the order.