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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1974 - SECT 19

Surrogacy arrangements—presumption as to status of child

Subject to Part VII, the presumptions of law that arise under Part II, III or V apply in respect of a child that is born as a result of a surrogacy arrangement but do not prevail over a substitute parentage order or a corresponding parentage order if a registration order has also been made in respect of the same surrogacy arrangement.

Note

Part VII contains transitional provisions that are relevant to the application of the presumptions of law that arise under Parts III and V in certain cases.

Division 2—Substitute parentage orders

S. 20 inserted by No. 76/2008 s. 147.



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