New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 25B

25B How is parentage order registered

(1) If a State parentage order is made or an order is made for the discharge of a State parentage order, the order or discharge of order must be registered under this Act.

(2) The Registrar is to register a State parentage order or discharge of a State parentage order by registering the notice of the parentage order or discharge of a parentage order given to the Registrar under Part 3 of the Surrogacy Act 2010 .

(3) If an Interstate parentage order is made in relation to a person whose birth is registered under this Act or an order is made for the discharge of an Interstate parentage order in relation to such a person, the order or discharge of order may be registered under this Act.

(4) The Registrar may register an Interstate parentage order or discharge of an Interstate parentage order by registering any notice of the parentage order or discharge of a parentage order given to the Registrar by a registering authority.

(5) The Registrar registers a notice by making an entry about it in the Register including the information required by the regulations.

(6) If the notice relates to a person in relation to whom such a notice has previously been registered under this Act, the Registrar is also to note a reference to the later notice in the entry in the Register relating to the previous notice.

(7) In this section--

"Interstate parentage order" has the same meaning as it has in the Surrogacy Act 2010 .

"State parentage order" means a parentage order made under the Surrogacy Act 2010 .