Status of Children Act 1969

Part 2
Status of children conceived as result of AHR procedures

  • Part 2: inserted, on 1 July 2005, by section 14 of the Status of Children Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 91).

Preliminary provisions

  • Heading: inserted, on 1 July 2005, by section 14 of the Status of Children Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 91).

13 Purpose of this Part
  • The purpose of this Part is to—

    • (a) remove uncertainty about the status of children conceived as a result of AHR procedures; and

    • (b) replace the Status of Children Amendment Act 1987 with provisions that continue the effects of that Act (except for the status of father without the rights and liabilities of a father), but also extend the status of parent to a woman living as a de facto partner of a birth mother.

    Section 13: inserted, on 1 July 2005, by section 14 of the Status of Children Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 91).