### 8A Presumption of parentage arising from registration of birth > [*\[Section 8A Inserted by No. 42 of 1994, s. 7, Applied:01 Aug 1997\]*](/view/html/inforce/1997-08-01/act-1994-042#GS7@EN) A person whose name is entered as the parent of a child in a register of births or parentage information kept under a law of this State, the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or a prescribed overseas jurisdiction is presumed to be the parent of the child.

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Section 8A - Status of Children Act 1974 - Presumption of parentage arising from registration of birth — Zoe