Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

PARENTAGE ACT 2004 - SECT 23

In this division:

"birth parent", of a child, means—

        (a)     the person who gave birth to the child; or

        (b)     the other person (if any) presumed under division 2.2 to be a parent of the child.

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

"commercial substitute parent agreement"—see section 40.

"parentage order "means an order under section 26.

"procedure" means the procedure of transferring into the uterus of a person an embryo derived from an ovum fertilised outside the person's body.

"substitute parent", of a child—see section 24  (1) (c).

"substitute parent agreement" means a contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding under which—

        (a)     a person agrees—

              (i)     that the person will become, or attempt to become, pregnant; and

              (ii)     that a child born as a result of the pregnancy will be taken to be (whether by adoption, agreement or otherwise) the child of someone else; or

        (b)     a person who is pregnant agrees that a child born as a result of the pregnancy will be taken to be (whether by adoption, agreement or otherwise) the child of someone else.