Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

PARENTAGE ACT 2004 - SECT 23

In this division:

"birth parent", of a child, means the person who intends to give birth or gave birth to the child.

"birth sibling", of a child, means any other child who is born as a result of the same pregnancy as the child.

"intended parent" means a person who will be taken to be the parent of a child born under a surrogacy arrangement.

"partner", of a birth parent, means the other person, if any, presumed under division 2.2 to be a parent of the child.

"presumed parent", of a child, means—

        (a)     the birth parent; or

        (b)     the birth parent's partner.

"procedure" means—

        (a)     artificial insemination; or

        (b)     a clinical process to transfer into the uterus of a person an embryo derived from an ovum fertilised outside the person's body.