7Children born on ships or aircraft or after death of parent

7 Children born on ships or aircraft or after death of parent

Persons born on ships or aircraft (1) For the purposes of this Act: (a) a person born on a ship or aircraft registered in Australia or a foreign country is taken to have been born at the place at which the ship or aircraft is registered; and (b) a person born on a ship or aircraft not registered in Australia or a foreign country and belonging to the government of a country is taken to have been born in that country. Persons born after death of parent (2) For the purposes of this Act, the status of a parent of a person at the time of the person’s birth is, for a parent who died before the birth, taken to be the status of the parent when the parent died.