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Adoption Act 2009
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### sec.129 Infertility
If the person is infertile or has a spouse who is infertile, the chief executive must have regard to the person’s adjustment to, and acceptance of, the infertility.
In this section—
infertility , of a person, means—
an inability, for a reason beyond the person’s control, to conceive; or
a genetically transmitted disorder giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person was a biological parent of a child, the child would not survive or the child’s health would be seriously impaired; or
a condition giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person fell pregnant, the child would not be carried until the child could be delivered alive; or
a condition giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person fell pregnant, the person would not survive or the person’s health would be seriously impaired.
s 129 amd 2016 No. 57 s 25
(sec.129-ssec.1) If the person is infertile or has a spouse who is infertile, the chief executive must have regard to the person’s adjustment to, and acceptance of, the infertility.
(sec.129-ssec.2) In this section— infertility , of a person, means— an inability, for a reason beyond the person’s control, to conceive; or a genetically transmitted disorder giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person was a biological parent of a child, the child would not survive or the child’s health would be seriously impaired; or a condition giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person fell pregnant, the child would not be carried until the child could be delivered alive; or a condition giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person fell pregnant, the person would not survive or the person’s health would be seriously impaired.
- (a) an inability, for a reason beyond the person’s control, to conceive; or
- (b) a genetically transmitted disorder giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person was a biological parent of a child, the child would not survive or the child’s health would be seriously impaired; or
- (c) a condition giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person fell pregnant, the child would not be carried until the child could be delivered alive; or
- (d) a condition giving rise to a significant risk that, if the person fell pregnant, the person would not survive or the person’s health would be seriously impaired.