Status of Children Regulation 2019
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13 Paternity acknowledgements
13 Paternity acknowledgements
(1) For the purposes of section 19 (1) (a) of the Act, the prescribed form of an instrument acknowledging paternity of a child is Form 4.
(2) For the purposes of section 19 (1) (b) of the Act, the following classes of persons are prescribed—
(a) Australian legal practitioners,
(b) officers of the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages nominated for the time being by the Registrar for the purposes of this paragraph.