Family Law Regulations 1984
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21B Interpretation
In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
bodily sample is not limited to a sample of blood.
donor means the person required to provide a bodily sample for the purposes of a parentage testing procedure.
HLA means human leucocyte antigen.
NATA means the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia.
nominated reporter means the person nominated by a laboratory to prepare a report relating to the information obtained as a result of carrying out a parentage testing procedure at that laboratory.
report means a report in accordance with regulation 21M.
sample means a sample taken from a donor for the purposes of a parentage testing procedure.
sampler means a person who takes a bodily sample from a donor for the purposes of a parentage testing procedure.
testing means the implementation, or any part of the implementation, of a parentage testing procedure.