Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

PARENTAGE ACT 2004 - SECT 9

    (1)     A person whose name is entered in a register as the name of a parent of a child is presumed to be a parent of the child.

    (2)     This section applies to an entry in a register whether the entry was made before or after the commencement of this Act.

    (3)     In this section:

"register" means—

        (a)     the register under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997

; or

        (b)     a register in which births are recorded under the law of—

              (i)     the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory; or

              (ii)     a foreign jurisdiction prescribed under the regulations; or

        (c)     another register in which information about parentage is recorded under the law of—

              (i)     the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory; or

              (ii)     a foreign jurisdiction prescribed under the regulations.