STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1974 - SECT 17 Interpretation
STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1974 - SECT 17
Interpretation(1) In this Part—
artificial insemination has the meaning given by the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 ;
S. 17(1) def. of commission-ing parents repealed by No. 39/2021 s. 42(b).
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S. 17(1) def. of correspond-ing interstate surrogacy law inserted by No. 80/2014 s. 32(1).
"corresponding interstate surrogacy law" means a prescribed law of another Australian State or a Territory relating to parentage of a child born under a surrogacy arrangement;
S. 17(1) def. of correspond-ing surrogacy parentage order inserted by No. 80/2014 s. 32(1).
"corresponding surrogacy parentage order" means an order—
(a) relating to legal parentage of a child born under a surrogacy arrangement; and
(b) that is made under a prescribed provision of a corresponding interstate surrogacy law;
"court" means the Supreme Court or the County Court;
S. 17(1) def. of intended parents inserted by No. 39/2021 s. 42(a).
"intended parents", in relation to a child born under a surrogacy arrangement, means the person or persons who entered into the surrogacy arrangement for a woman to carry the child on behalf of the person or persons;
registered ART provider has the meaning given by the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 ;
S. 17(1) def. of registration order inserted by No. 80/2014 s. 32(1).
registration order has the meaning given in section 29A ;
"substitute parentage order" means an order made under section 22 ;
surrogacy arrangement has the meaning given by the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 ;
"surrogate mother" means the woman who carries and gives birth to a child under a surrogacy arrangement.
S. 17(2) substituted by No. 80/2014 s. 32(2).
(2) In this Part, a reference to the surrogate mother's partner means—
(a) in relation to a child conceived in Victoria under a surrogacy arrangement, the person who was the surrogate mother's partner at the time the surrogacy arrangement was entered into;
(b) in relation to a child conceived in another Australian State or a Territory under a surrogacy arrangement, the person who, under the corresponding interstate surrogacy law of that Australian State or Territory, was the surrogate mother's partner, however described under that law.
S. 18 inserted by No. 76/2008 s. 147.