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Australian Citizenship Act 2007
8Children born as a result of artificial conception procedures or surrogacy arrangements
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8 Children born as a result of artificial conception procedures or surrogacy arrangements
(1) This section applies if a child is: (a) a child of a person under section 60H or 60HB of the Family Law Act 1975; and (b) either: (i) a child of the person’s spouse or de facto partner under that section; or (ii) a biological child of the person’s spouse or de facto partner. (2) The child is taken for the purposes of this Act: (a) to be the child of the person and the spouse or de facto partner; and (b) not to be the child of anyone else.