Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

PARENTAGE ACT 2004 - NOTES

(see s 3)

Note 1     The Legislation Act

contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.

Note 2     For example, the Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

              •     civil partner

              •     civil partnership

              •     civil union

              •     civil union partner

              •     doctor

              •     domestic partner (see s 169 (1))

              •     domestic partnership (see s 169 (2))

              •     foreign country

              •     nurse

              •     parent

              •     registrar-general.

"birth parent", of a child, for division 2.5 (Parentage orders)—see section 23.

"birth sibling", of a child, for division 2.5 (Parentage orders)—see section 23.

"commercial substitute parent agreement"—see section 40.

"foreign jurisdiction" means a foreign country or part of a foreign country.

"genetic parent", of a child, means a person whose gametes were used to create the embryo.

"parentage declaration" means a declaration under section 19.

"parentage order"—see section 23.

"parentage testing order", for division 2.6 (Use of medical tests in establishing parentage)—see section 34.

"procedure", for division 2.5 (Parentage orders)—see section 23.

"register of births" means the register maintained under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997

in which births are registered.

"substitute parent", of a child, for division 2.5 (Parentage orders)—see section 24 (1) (c).

"substitute parent agreement"—see section 23.

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2     Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form	o = order
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present
def = definition	prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary	pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	r = rule/subrule
Assembly	reloc = relocated
div = division	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired

3     Legislation history

Parentage Act 2004 A2004-1

notified LR 18 February 2004

s 1, s 2 commenced 18 February 2004 (LA s 75 (1))

remainder commenced 22 March 2004 (s 2 and CN2004-3

)

as amended by

Civil Unions Act 2006

A2006-22 sch 1 pt 1.23

notified LR 19 May 2006

s 1, s 2 commenced 19 May 2006 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 1 pt 1.23 never commenced

Note     Act repealed by disallowance 14 June 2006 (see Cwlth Gaz 2006 No S93)

Civil Partnerships Act 2008

A2008-14 sch 1 pt 1.19

notified LR 15 May 2008

s 1, s 2 commenced 15 May 2008 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 1 pt 1.19 commenced 19 May 2008 (s 2 and CN2008-8

)

Adoption Amendment Act 2009 (No 2)

A2009-36 sch 1 pt 1.4

notified LR 22 October 2009

s 1, s 2 commenced 22 October 2009 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 1 pt 1.4 commenced 22 April 2010 (s 2 and LA s 79)

Administrative (One ACT Public Service Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2011

A2011-22 sch 1 pt 1.118

notified LR 30 June 2011

s 1, s 2 commenced 30 June 2011 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 1 pt 1.118 commenced 1 July 2011 (s 2 (1))

Evidence (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011

A2011-48 sch 1 pt 1.28

notified LR 22 November 2011

s 1, s 2 commenced 22 November 2011 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 1 pt 1.28 commenced 1 March 2012 (s 2 (1) and see Evidence Act 2011

A2011-12, s 2 and CN2012-4

)

Statute Law Amendment Act 2012

A2012-21 sch 3 pt 3.33

notified LR 22 May 2012

s 1, s 2 commenced 22 May 2012 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 3 pt 3.33 commenced 5 June 2012 (s 2 (1))

Civil Unions Act 2012

A2012-40 sch 3 pt 3.21

notified LR 4 September 2012

s 1, s 2 commenced 4 September 2012 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 3 pt 3.21 commenced 11 September 2012 (s 2)

Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013

A2013-39 sch 2 pt 2.19

notified LR 4 November 2013

s 1, s 2 commenced 4 November 2013 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 2 pt 2.19 commenced 7 November 2013 (s 2 and CN2013-11

)

Note     The High Court held this Act to be of no effect (see Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory [2013] HCA 55)

Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2016

A2016-7 pt 5

notified LR 29 February 2016

s 1, s 2 commenced 29 February 2016 (LA s 75 (1))

pt 5 commenced 29 August 2016 (s 2 and LA s 79)

4     Amendment history

Commencement
s 2     om LA s 89 (4)

Presumptions arising from marriage, civil union or civil partnership
s 7 hdg     sub A2006-22

amdt 1.95 (A2006-22

rep before commenced by disallowance (see Cwlth Gaz 2006 No S93)); A2008-14

amdt 1.65; A2012-40

amdt 3.84
s 7     am A2006-22

amdts 1.96-1.101 (A2006-22

rep before commenced by disallowance (see Cwlth Gaz 2006 No S93)); A2008-14

amdts 1.66-1.69; A2012-40

amdts 3.85-3.87
    sub A2016-7

s 46

Presumption arising from domestic partnership
s 8     am A2016-7

s 47

Presumptions arising from procedure
s 11     sub A2016-7

s 48

Application for parentage declaration
s 15     am A2016-7

s 49, s 50

Annulment of parentage declaration
s 22     am A2016-7

s 51

Definitions for div 2.5
s 23     def birth parent am A2016-7

s 52
    def birth sibling sub A2016-7

s 53
    def procedure sub A2016-7

s 54
    def substitute parent agreement am A2016-7

s 55

Application of div 2.5
s 24     (2), (3) exp 22 March 2006 (s 24 (3))

Parentage order
s 26     am A2016-7

s 56

Name of child
s 28     am A2016-7

s 57

Effect of parentage order and access to information
s 29     am A2009-36

amdt 1.6; A2011-22

amdt 1.347

Medical information
s 30     am A2016-7

s 58, s 59

Children all of equal status
s 38     am A2006-22

amdt 1.102, amdt 1.103 (A2006-22

rep before commenced by disallowance (see Cwlth Gaz 2006 No S93)); A2008-14

amdt 1.70; A2012-40

amdt 3.88, amdt 3.89; A2016-7

s 60

Construction of instruments
s 39     am A2016-7

s 61, s 62

Proof of orders etc about parentage
s 48     sub A2011-48

amdt 1.45

Approved forms
s 49     am A2012-21

amdt 3.127

Regulation-making power
s 50     am A2012-21

amdt 3.128

Repeals and consequential amendments
pt 6 hdg     om LA s 89 (3)

Legislation repealed
s 51     om LA s 89 (3)

Legislation amended—sch 1
s 52     om LA s 89 (3)

Consequential amendments
sch 1     om LA s 89 (3)

Dictionary
dict     am A2008-14

amdt 1.71; A2012-40

amdt 3.90, A2013-39

amdt 2.50 (A2013-39

never effective (see Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory [2013] HCA 55))

5     Earlier republications

Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.

Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for
R1 22 Mar 2004	22 Mar 2004– 22 Mar 2006	not amended	new Act
R2 23 Mar 2006	23 Mar 2006– 18 May 2008	not amended	commenced expiry
R3 19 May 2008	19 May 2008– 21 Apr 2010	A2008-14

amendments by A2008-14

R4
22 Apr 2010

22 Apr 2010–
30 June 2011

A2009-36

amendments by A2009-36

R5
1 July 2011

1 July 2011–
29 Feb 2012

A2011-22

amendments by A2011-22

R6
1 Mar 2012

1 Mar 2012–
4 June 2012

A2011-48

amendments by A2011-48

R7
5 June 2012

5 June 2012–
10 Sept 2012

A2012-21

amendments by A2012-21

R8
11 Sept 2012

11 Sept 2012–
6 Nov 2013

A2012-40

amendments by A2012-40

R9
7 Nov 2013

never effective

A2013-39

(never effective)

amendments by A2013-39

R9 (RI)
24 Feb 2014

7 Nov 2013–
28 Aug 2016

A2013-39

(never effective)

reissued because of High Court decision in relation to A2013-39

© Australian Capital Territory 2016

Australian Capital Territory

A2004-1

Republication No 10

Effective: 29 August 2016

Republication date: 29 August 2016

Last amendment made by A2016-7

This is a republication of the Parentage Act 2004

(including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 29 August 2016

. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 29 August 2016

.

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel's Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au

):

              • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001

applies

              • unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001

, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au

). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001

, section 95.

Penalties

At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for an individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001

, s 133).

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