New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SURROGACY ACT 2010 - SECT 38

38 Birth of child must be registered

(1) The birth of the child must have been registered in accordance with the requirements of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 or a corresponding interstate law.

(2) If the child was born outside the Commonwealth and registration of the birth is not permitted under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 or a corresponding interstate law, the birth of the child must have been registered in accordance with the requirements (if any) of the law of the jurisdiction in which the child was born.

(3) In this section, a
"corresponding interstate law" means a law of another State, or of a Territory, that provides for the registration of births, deaths and marriages.