4Interpretation

4 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

accredited counsellor means a person accredited under section 47 ;

[Section 4 Amended by No. 38 of 2015, s. 53, Applied:13 Oct 2015] approved form means a form approved by the Chief Magistrate;

birth mother – see section 5 ;

birth mother's spouse – see section 6 ;

birth mother's surrogacy costs – see section 9 ;

birth parent – see section 6 ;

child means a child born, or to be born, as a result of a surrogacy arrangement, and includes, where the context requires, an adult who is born as a result of a surrogacy arrangement;

consent means informed consent freely and voluntarily given by a person with the capacity to give the consent;

corresponding law means a law, of another State or a Territory, that corresponds to this Act and includes a prescribed law of another State or a Territory;

corresponding order means an order that is –

(a) a member of a prescribed class of orders; or

(b) in the opinion of the registrar, the equivalent, under a law of another State, a Territory or a foreign country, of a parentage order;

court means the Magistrates Court (Children's Division);

intended parent – see section 5 ;