Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1978 - SECT 14

14 Application

(1) The provisions of division 2 , subdivision 2 and section 21 apply—

(a) in respect of a pregnancy referred to in section 17 , 18 , 19 or 21 , whether the pregnancy occurred before or after the passing of the Status of Children Act Amendment Act 1988 and whether or not it resulted from a procedure carried out in Queensland; and

(b) in respect of any child born as a result of a pregnancy referred to in section 17 , 18 , 19 or 21 , whether or not the child was born before or after the passing of the Status of Children Act Amendment Act 1988 .

(2) Nothing in any provision of division 2 , subdivision 2 or section 21 affects the vesting in possession or in interest of any property that occurred before the passing of the Status of Children Act Amendment Act 1988 .

(3) The provisions of division 2 , subdivision 3 (other than section 21 ) apply—

(a) in relation to a pregnancy mentioned in section 22 or 23 , whether the pregnancy happened before or after the commencement of the Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008 , part 5 and whether or not it resulted from a procedure carried out in Queensland; and

(b) in relation to any child born as a result of a pregnancy mentioned in section 22 or 23 , whether or not the child was born before or after the commencement of the Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008 , part 5 .

(4) Nothing in any provision of division 2 , subdivision 3 (other than section 21 ) affects the vesting in possession or in interest of any property that happened before the commencement of the Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008 , part 5 .

(5) Divisions 3 and 4 apply to happenings before or after the commencement of the divisions.

Example of a happening—

the registration of the birth of a child