Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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 .