Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PARENTAGE ACT 2004 (NO. 1 OF 2004) - SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 1     Consequential amendments

(see s 52)

Part 1.1     Administration and Probate Act 1929

[1.1]     Section 49E

omit

the Birth (Equality of Status) Act 1988 , section 8

substitute

the Parentage Act 2004 , section 9

Part 1.2     Adoption Act 1993

[1.2]     Section 9  (b)

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spouse

substitute

domestic partner

[1.3]     Section 9 , new note

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Note     For the meaning of domestic partner , see Legislation Act, s 169.

[1.4]     Section 18  (1)

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a man and woman

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2 people

[1.5]     Section 18  (1) (b)

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heterosexual relationship

substitute

domestic partnership

[1.6]     Section 18  (4)

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    (4)     Except in circumstances described in subsection (2), an adoption order must not be made in favour of 1 person if that person is—

        (a)     married and not living separately and apart from his or her spouse; or

        (b)     in a domestic partnership.

[1.7]     Section 27  (3)

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[1.8]     Section 45  (1) (b) (iii)

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              (iii)     the surname or former surname of any other parent of the child; or

              (iv)     a surname formed by combining the parents' surnames or former surnames;

[1.9]     Section 48  (1) (a)

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spouse

substitute

domestic partner

[1.10]     Section 48  (1), new note

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Note     For the meaning of domestic partner , see Legislation Act, s 169.

[1.11]     Section 49  (1)

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spouse

substitute

domestic partner

[1.12]     Section 49  (1), new note

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Note     For the meaning of domestic partner , see Legislation Act, s 169.

[1.13]     Section 58, definition of birth parent

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"birth parent", of an adopted child, includes anyone who was a guardian of the child before the child was adopted.

Part 1.3     Adoption Regulations 1993

[1.14]     New regulation 11 (a) (via)

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        (via)     full name of any other parent;

[1.15]     Regulation 11  (a)

renumber subparagraphs when regulations next republished under Legislation Act

Part 1.4     Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997

[1.16]     Section 16A (1)

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    (1)     If the registrar-general receives a sealed copy of a parentage order made under the Parentage Act 2004 , section 26, the registrar-general must register the order.

[1.17]     Section 16B (1) (a) (iii)

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              (iii)     the substitute parent or substitute parents of the child in whose favour the order was made; and

[1.18]     Section 70 (4)

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    (4)     In this section:

"relevant children"—a child is a relevant child if a parentage order has been made about the child under the Parentage Act 2004 , section 26.

Part 1.5     Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1998

[1.19]     Regulations 5  (h), 5 (i) and 9 (j)

after

father

insert

or other parent

Part 1.6     Domestic Relationships Act 1994

[1.20]     Section 3  (4) (b) and (c)

omit

[1.21]     Section 3  (4)

renumber paragraphs when Act next republished under Legislation Act

Part 1.7     Legislation Act 2001

[1.22]     Dictionary, part 1, new definition

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"parent", of a child, means—

        (a)     the child's mother; or

        (b)     the child's father; or

        (c)     someone else who is presumed under the Parentage Act 2004 , part 2 to be a parent of the child.

Note     A child cannot have more than 2 parents at any one time (see Parentage Act 2004 , s 14).