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TASMANIA
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RELATIONSHIPS (MISCELLANEOUS
AMENDMENTS) BILL 2009
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Miscellaneous amendments
Schedule 1 Miscellaneous Amendments
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RELATIONSHIPS (MISCELLANEOUS
AMENDMENTS) BILL 2009
(Brought in by the Minister for Justice, the Honourable
Larissa Tahireh Giddings)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Adoption Act 1988 and the Status of
Children Act 1974
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Relationships
(Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.
3. Miscellaneous amendments
The legislation specified in Schedule 1 is
amended as specified in that Schedule.
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SCHEDULE 1 MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS
Section 3
Adoption Act 1988
1. Section 29 is amended by inserting after
subsection (4) the following subsection:
(4A) In the case of a child whose mother was
in a significant relationship, within the
meaning of the Relationships Act 2003,
with a woman at the time of the child's
birth or at or after the time of its
conception but before its birth and the
child has not previously been adopted,
the appropriate persons are the parties to
that relationship if
(a) the child was born as a result of a
fertilization procedure to which
the female partner in the
significant relationship with the
mother had given consent; or
(b) there is no man required to give
consent under subsection (3).
Status of Children Act 1974
1. Section 10C is amended by inserting after
subsection (1) the following subsection:
(1A) Where a woman is in a significant
relationship, within the meaning of the
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Relationships Act 2003, with another
woman and, with the consent of that
other woman, undergoes a fertilization
procedure as a result of which she
becomes pregnant, the consenting
woman is, for the purposes of the law of
the State, to be treated as if she were the
parent of any child born as a result of that
pregnancy.
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