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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1974 - SECT 27 Who may apply for discharge of substitute parentage order

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1974 - SECT 27

Who may apply for discharge of substitute parentage order

    (1)     The following persons may apply for an order discharging a substitute parentage order

        (a)     the Attorney-General;

        (b)     the Secretary of the Department of Justice;

        (c)     a child whose parentage was transferred by the substitute parentage order and who has reached the age of 18 years.

    (2)     Any person may apply for leave to intervene in an application under subsection (1) and the court may make an order entitling the person to intervene in the application.

    (3)     A person who is permitted under subsection (2) to intervene in an application under subsection (1) is to be treated as a party to the application with all the rights, duties and liabilities of a party, unless the court orders otherwise.

S. 28 inserted by No. 76/2008 s. 147.