New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1996 - SECT 19

19 Execution of instrument of acknowledgment

(1) A man has executed an instrument acknowledging paternity of a child under this Division if:

(a) he executes an instrument in or to the effect of a form prescribed by the regulations and the instrument is countersigned by the mother of the child, and

(b) he executes the instrument in the presence of a person belonging to a class of persons prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph, and

(c) the instrument has not been annulled under this Division.

(2) A person in whose presence a formal paternity acknowledgment is executed in New South Wales must:

(a) take possession of the acknowledgment once it is executed, and

(b) cause the acknowledgment to be transmitted to the Registrar not later than 14 days after the date of its execution to be dealt with under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 .

Maximum penalty: 2 penalty units.