Surrogacy Act 2012

The registrar is to re-register, in accordance with this section, the birth of a child whose birth is registered in Tasmania, if the registrar receives – a copy of a parentage order, sent to the registrar under section 33, in respect of the child; or a memorandum, sent to the registrar under a provision, of a corresponding law, that corresponds to section 37, of the making of a corresponding order in respect of the child; or an application under subsection (2) for the re-registration of a child to whom a corresponding order relates.

Any of the following persons may apply to the registrar for the re-registration of a child, to whom a corresponding order relates, whose birth is registered in Tasmania:the child; a person, referred to in a corresponding order, who was named in the order as becoming a parent of the child.

An application under subsection (2) is to be accompanied by a certified copy of the corresponding order in relation to the child.

For the purposes of this section, the re-registration of the birth of a child is to be made – by the registrar making an entry in the surrogacy record and by endorsing that entry with – a reference to this section; and a reference identifying the entry of birth of that person as shown in the register before the parentage order or corresponding order was made; and by altering the entry of birth and endorsing the entry of the birth of the child as shown in the register with – a reference to this section; and a reference identifying the entry, made in relation to the child, in the surrogacy record; and if there is a previous entry relating to the child in the surrogacy record, by endorsing it with a reference to the entry of the birth of that person as re-registered under this section.