Surrogate birth registration—substitute parentage orders
19A Surrogate birth registration—substitute parentage orders
S. 19A (Heading) amended by No. 80/2014 s. 42.
S. 19A inserted by No. 76/2008 s. 154.
If the court makes a substitute parentage order under the Status of Children Act 1974, on receipt of the sealed copy of the substitute parentage order the Registrar must—
register the surrogacy by entering the prescribed particulars in the Surrogate Birth Register; and
mark the words "closed—surrogate" against the original birth entry in the Register.
If the court makes an order under the Status of Children Act 1974 for the discharge of a substitute parentage order, on receipt of the sealed copy of the discharge order the Registrar must—
cancel the relevant entry in the Surrogate Birth Register; and
remove the words "closed—surrogate" from the original birth entry in the Register.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed particulars
). Made under this Act:
- Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration (Fees) Regulations 2019 · under section 59
- Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 2019 · under section 59
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