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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1974 - SECT 2

Definitions

    (1)     For the purposes of this Act "marriage" includes a void marriage and married has a corresponding interpretation.

S. 2(2) inserted by No. 76/2008 s. 137.

    (2)     In this Act—

embryo has the meaning given by the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 ;

"non-birth mother" means a woman who is a parent of a child by operation of a presumption in Part III;

"ovum in the process of fertilisation" means an ovum at any stage of human development from the commencement of penetration of the ovum by human sperm up to but not including the appearance of 2 pro-nuclei;

"partner", in relation to a person, means—

        (a)     the person's spouse; or

        (b)     a person who lives with the first person as a couple on a genuine domestic basis;

"spouse" means a person to whom another person is married.



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