New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SURROGACY ACT 2010 - SECT 55

55 Child's right to registered birth information

(1) A person who is the child of a surrogacy arrangement and in respect of whom a parentage order is made is entitled to receive, if the person is 18 years of age or older:

(a) the person's original birth certificate, and

(b) the person's full birth record.

(2) If the person is less than 18 years of age, the person is not entitled to receive his or her original birth certificate or full birth record except with the consent of the person or persons who have parental responsibility for the person.

(3) This section does not affect the discretion conferred on the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages by section 46 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 .

Note : Section 46 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 gives the Registrar discretion to provide a person with information extracted from the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages if satisfied the person has adequate reason for wanting information from the Register.

(4) In this section, a reference to a parentage order includes a reference to an Interstate parentage order.