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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1996 - SECT 21 Applications for declarations in the Supreme Court

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1996 - SECT 21

Applications for declarations in the Supreme Court

21 Applications for declarations in the Supreme Court

(1) Any of the following persons may make an application to the Supreme Court for a declaration of parentage under this section:
(a) a person who alleges that the relationship of parent and child exists between the person's child and any named person, or
(b) a person who alleges that the relationship of parent and child exists between the person and another named or identified person, or
(c) the Registrar when seeking a determination that the relationship of parent and child exists between a named person and another named or identified person, or
(d) the Director-General when seeking a determination that the relationship of parent and child exists between a named person and another named or identified person, or
(e) a person prescribed by the regulations who seeks a determination that the relationship of parent and child exists between a named person and another named or identified person, or
(f) a person who may be affected by the result who seeks a determination that the relationship of parent and child exists between a named person and another named or identified person.
(2) On any such application, the Supreme Court may make a declaration that a named or identified person is a child's parent.
(3) A declaration of parentage may be made:
(a) whether or not the parent or the child (or both) are alive, or
(b) whether or not the child has been born.
(4) If a declaration of parentage is made, the Registrar of the Division of the Court in which the order was made must immediately cause a copy of the declaration to be transmitted to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages to be dealt with under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 .