Status of Children Regulation 2026
4Meaning of “representative”
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4 Meaning of “representative”
4 Meaning of “representative”
(1) In this regulation, representative, for a donor, means the following—
(a) for a donor who is a minor—a parent or guardian of the donor,
(b) for a donor with a disability—
(i) a person who is the donor’s trustee or manager under a law of a State or Territory, or
(ii) a person who is legally responsible for the care, welfare and development of the donor.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the Supreme Court may appoint a person to be a donor’s representative for the purposes of a parentage testing procedure if satisfied there is no other representative for the donor who is available or suitable in the circumstances.