Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A reference in these Regulations to a parent includes a step‑parent.
(2) For subsection 5CA (2) of the Act, if a child has been adopted under formal adoption arrangements mentioned in paragraph 1.04 (1) (a) or (b) by a person or persons (the adoptive parent or parents ):
(a) the child is taken to be the child of the adoptive parent or parents; and
(b) the child is taken not to be the child of any other person (including a person who had been the child's parent or adoptive parent before the adoption).
Note 1 A child cannot have more than 2 parents (other than step‑parents) unless the child has been adopted under arrangements mentioned in paragraph 1.04 (1) (c).
Note 2 Parent is defined in subsection 5 (1) of the Act, and child is defined in section 5CA of the Act.