Who can make a PPL claim or special PPL claim

Current

PPL claim

(1)

Only the following people can make a PPL claim for a child:

(a)

the child’s birth mother;

(b)

an adoptive parent of the child;

(c)

a person who:

(i)

is a parent of the child; and

(ii)

is not the child’s birth mother;

(d)

the partner of the child’s birth mother;

(e)

the partner of an adoptive parent of the child;

(f)

the partner of a person covered by paragraph (c);

(g)

a person who satisfies the circumstances prescribed by the PPL rules as being exceptional circumstances in which a PPL claim can be made.

Special PPL claim

(2)

Only the following people can make a special PPL claim for a child:

(a)

the partner of a person covered by paragraph (1)(g);

(b)

a person who satisfies the circumstances prescribed by the PPL rules as being exceptional circumstances in which a special PPL claim can be made.

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