Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES ACT 1986 - SECT 159A

(1)     Where the director becomes aware that a child was born as a result of a pregnancy that was the subject of a substitute parent agreement, the director—

        (a)     shall make such inquiries as he or she thinks reasonable to inform himself or herself correctly of the particulars that are required to be entered in the register under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997 in relation to the child; and

        (b)     shall furnish the particulars that have come to his or her knowledge to the registrar-general.

(2)     In subsection (1)—

“substitute parent agreement” means a contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding under which—

        (a)     a person agrees to become, or to attempt to become, pregnant and that a child born as a result of the pregnancy is to be taken to be (whether by adoption, agreement or otherwise) the child of another person; or

        (b)     a person who is pregnant agrees that a child born as a result of the pregnancy is to be taken to be (whether by adoption, agreement or otherwise) the child of another person.