Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

PARENTAGE ACT 2004 - SECT 54

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a substitute parent agreement was entered into before the commencement day; and

        (b)     the substitute parent or substitute parents under the agreement—

              (i)     had not made an application for a parentage order immediately before the commencement day; or

              (ii)     made an application for a parentage order which had not been decided by the Supreme Court immediately before the commencement day; and

        (c)     division 2.5, as in force immediately before the commencement day, applies to the child under the substitute parent arrangement.

Note     See s 24 (Application of div 2.5) as in force immediately before the commencement day.

    (2)     Division 2.5, as in force immediately before the commencement day, continues to apply in relation to—

        (a)     an application for, or the making of, the parentage order about the child; and

        (b)     the effect of the parentage order, if made.

    (3)     In this section:

"parentage order" means an order under section 26 as in force immediately before the commencement day.

"substitute parent", of a child—see section 24 (c) as in force immediately before the commencement day.

"substitute parent agreement"—see section 23 as in force immediately before the commencement day.