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MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 1.14A

Parent and child

  (1)   A reference in these Regulations to a parent includes a step - parent.

  (2)   For subsection   5CA(2) of the Act, if a child has been adopted under formal adoption arrangements mentioned in paragraph   1.04(1)(a) or (b) by a person or persons (the adoptive parent or parents ):

  (a)   the child is taken to be the child of the adoptive parent or parents; and

  (b)   the child is taken not to be the child of any other person (including a person who had been the child's parent or adoptive parent before the adoption).

Note 1:   A child cannot have more than 2 parents (other than step - parents) unless the child has been adopted under arrangements mentioned in paragraph   1.04(1)(c).

Note 2:   Parent is defined in subsection   5(1) of the Act, and child is defined in section   5CA of the Act.


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