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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995
25BHow is parentage order registered
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#### 25B How is parentage order registered
25B How is parentage order registered
> > (1) If a State parentage order is made or an order is made for the discharge of a State parentage order, the order or discharge of order must be registered under this Act.
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> > (2) The Registrar is to register a State parentage order or discharge of a State parentage order by registering the notice of the parentage order or discharge of a parentage order given to the Registrar under Part 3 of the [Surrogacy Act 2010](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-102).
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> > (3) If an Interstate parentage order is made in relation to a person whose birth is registered under this Act or an order is made for the discharge of an Interstate parentage order in relation to such a person, the order or discharge of order may be registered under this Act.
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> > (4) The Registrar may register an Interstate parentage order or discharge of an Interstate parentage order by registering any notice of the parentage order or discharge of a parentage order given to the Registrar by a registering authority.
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> > (5) The Registrar registers a notice by making an entry about it in the Register including the information required by the regulations.
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> > (6) If the notice relates to a person in relation to whom such a notice has previously been registered under this Act, the Registrar is also to note a reference to the later notice in the entry in the Register relating to the previous notice.
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> > (7) In this section—
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> > Interstate parentage order has the same meaning as it has in the [Surrogacy Act 2010](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-102).
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> > State parentage order means a parentage order made under the [Surrogacy Act 2010](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-102).
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> **pt 4A (ss 25B–25E):** Ins 2010 No 102, Sch 2.2 \[1\].