Surrogacy Act 2012
34Record of parentage orders, &c., of child born in Tasmania to be made in birth register
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 34
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Surrogacy Act 2012.
34 Record of parentage orders, &c., of child born in Tasmania to be made in birth register
(1) The registrar is to re-register, in accordance with this section, the birth of a child whose birth is registered in Tasmania, if the registrar receives –
(a) a copy of a parentage order, sent to the registrar under section 33 , in respect of the child; or
(b) a memorandum, sent to the registrar under a provision, of a corresponding law, that corresponds to section 37 , of the making of a corresponding order in respect of the child; or
(c) an application under subsection (2) for the re-registration of a child to whom a corresponding order relates.
(2) Any of the following persons may apply to the registrar for the re-registration of a child, to whom a corresponding order relates, whose birth is registered in Tasmania:
(a) the child;
(b) a person, referred to in a corresponding order, who was named inthe order as becoming a parent of the child.
(3) An application under subsection (2) is to be accompanied by a certified copy of the corresponding order in relation to the child.
(4) For the purposes of this section, the re-registration of the birth of a child is to be made –
(a) by the registrar making an entry in the surrogacy record and by endorsing that entry with –
(i) a reference to this section; and
(ii) a reference identifying the entry of birth of that person as shown in the register before the parentage order or corresponding order was made; and
(b) by altering the entry of birth and endorsing the entry of the birth of the child as shown in the register with –
(i) a reference to this section; and
(ii) a reference identifying the entry, made in relation to the child, in the surrogacy record; and