(1) A person whose name is entered in a register as the name of a parent of a child is presumed to be a parent of the child.
(2) This section applies to an entry in a register whether the entry was made before or after the commencement of this Act.
(3) In this section:
"register" means—
(a) the register under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997
; or
(b) a register in which births are recorded under the law of—
(i) the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory; or
(ii) a foreign jurisdiction prescribed under the regulations; or
(c) another register in which information about parentage is recorded under the law of—
(i) the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory; or
(ii) a foreign jurisdiction prescribed under the regulations.