Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Where a woman who is married or in a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003, with a man, with the consent of her husband or the other party to that relationship, undergoes a fertilization procedure as a result of which she becomes pregnant, the husband or other party is, for the purposes of the law of the State, to be treated as if he were the father of any child born as a result of that pregnancy.
(2) Where a woman undergoes a fertilization procedure as a result of which she becomes pregnant, any man, not being her husband or her partner in a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003, who produced semen which was used in the fertilization procedure, shall, for the purposes of the law of the State, be treated as if he were not the father of any child born as a result of the pregnancy.
(3) Where a woman who is married or in a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003, undergoes a fertilization procedure as a result of which she becomes pregnant and the ovum used for the purposes of the fertilization procedure was taken from another woman, the first-mentioned woman shall, for the purposes of the law of the State, be treated as if she were the mother of any child born as a result of that pregnancy.
(4) Where a woman undergoes a fertilization procedure as a result of which she becomes pregnant, and another woman produced the ovum used for the purposes of the fertilization procedure, that other woman shall, for the purposes of the law of the State, be treated as if she were not the mother of any child born as a result of that pregnancy.
(5) In any proceedings in which the operation of subsection (1) is relevant, the consent of a husband or other party to the significant relationship to the carrying out of a fertilization procedure shall be presumed, but that presumption is rebuttable.
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