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