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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997
16ARegistration of parentage order
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16A Registration of parentage order (1) If the registrar-general receives a sealed copy of a parentage order made under the Parentage Act 2004, section 28H, or a corresponding parentage law, the registrar-general must register the order. (2) The registrar-general must keep an index of registered parentage orders. (3) The registrar-general must bring this division to the notice of anyone providing information to the registrar-general about the birth of a child about whom a parentage order has been made.