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Status of Children Act 1974
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### 13 Orders for parentage testing procedure
> [*\[Section 13 Inserted by No. 42 of 1994, s. 10, Applied:01 Aug 1997\]*](/view/html/inforce/1997-08-01/act-1994-042#GS10@EN)
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> > (1) [*\[Section 13 Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:12 May 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-05-12/act-1996-017#AT@EN) A court, on request or of its own motion, may make an order requiring a parentage testing procedure to be carried out in relation to any one or more of the following persons:
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> > > > (a) a particular child;
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> > > > (b) the mother of the child;
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> > > > (c) any other person the court considers relevant in order to assist in determining the parentage of a child.
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> > (2) An order under [subsection (1)](#GS13@Gs1@EN) may be made subject to any terms and conditions a court considers appropriate.