Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) The Secretary must prepare a cultural plan for each Aboriginal child placed in out of home care under a guardianship to Secretary order or long-term guardianship to Secretary order.
(2) A cultural plan must set out how the Aboriginal child placed in out of home care is to remain connected to his or her Aboriginal community and to his or her Aboriginal culture .
(3) For the purposes of sub-section (2), a child's Aboriginal community is—
(a) the Aboriginal community to which the child has a sense of belonging, if this can be ascertained by the Secretary; or
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, the Aboriginal community in which the child has primarily lived; or
(c) if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply, the Aboriginal community of the child's parent or grandparent.
(4) The Secretary must monitor compliance by the carer of a child with the cultural plan prepared for a child.