Victorian Current Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 19B

    (1)     If the court makes a registration order under the Status of Children Act 1974 , on receipt of a sealed copy of the registration order and a copy of the sealed copy of the corresponding surrogacy parentage order the Registrar must—

        (a)     register the surrogacy by entering the prescribed particulars in the Surrogate Birth Register; and

        (b)     mark the words "closed—surrogate" against the original birth entry in the Register.

    (2)     If the court makes an order under the Status of Children Act 1974 revoking a registration order, on receipt of the sealed copy of that order the Registrar must—

        (a)     cancel the relevant entry in the Surrogate Birth Register; and

        (b)     remove the words "closed—surrogate" from the original birth entry in the Register.

    (3)     In this section—

corresponding surrogacy parentage order and registration order have the meanings given in section 17 of the Status of Children Act 1974 .

Division 3—Court orders for registration of birth