Status of Children Act 1996
11Presumptions of parentage arising from registration of birth
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11 Presumptions of parentage arising from registration of birth
11 Presumptions of parentage arising from registration of birth
(1) A person is presumed to be a child’s parent if the person’s name is entered as the child’s parent in the Births, Deaths and Marriages Register or a register of births or parentage information kept under a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory or a prescribed overseas jurisdiction.
(2) Nothing in this section affects the operation of Chapter 5 (Recognition of adoptions) of the Adoption Act 2000.
s 11: Am 2000 No 75, Sch 2.5 [3].