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Adoption Act 2000
133ADefinition of “presumptive father”
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#### 133A Definition of “presumptive father”
133A Definition of “presumptive father”
> In this Chapter—
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> presumptive father of an adopted person means a man who claims to be the birth parent of the adopted person and who—
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> > (a) is shown on the adopted person’s original birth certificate as the adopted person’s father, or
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> > (a1) is shown on the adopted person’s integrated birth certificate as the adopted person’s father at birth, in accordance with the information prescribed under section 17(1) of the [Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1995-062), or
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> > (b) is a person whom the Secretary, Registrar or other information source is entitled to presume, under any law (including a law of another State, the Commonwealth or of a country outside Australia), to be the adopted person’s father.
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> **s 133A:** Ins 2008 No 103, Sch 1 \[22\]. Am 2020 No 22, Sch 1\[1\].