Family Law (Child Protection Convention) Regulations 2003
19Certificate by relevant Registrar—parental responsibility
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19 Certificate by relevant Registrar—parental responsibility
(1) On application by an individual, for Article 40 of the Convention, the relevant Registrar of a court may issue a certificate stating: (a) that the individual has parental responsibility for a child; and (b) whether the individual’s parental responsibility arises from section 61C of the Act or from a parenting order made by a court; and (c) the effect that any parenting order has on the individual’s parental responsibility under section 61D of the Act. (2) A certificate issued under subregulation (1) must include a copy of section 61B of the Act.
Note: Section 61B of the Act sets out the meaning of parental responsibility.
(3) The relevant Registrar may, if he or she considers it appropriate, include such other information or material that describes the capacity in which the individual is entitled to act, and the powers of the person, in relation to the child.