ACTS AMENDMENT (LESBIAN AND GAY LAW REFORM) ACT 2002 (NO. 3 OF 2002) - SECT 6
ACTS AMENDMENT (LESBIAN AND GAY LAW REFORM) ACT 2002 (NO. 3 OF 2002) - SECT 6
6 . Section 4 amended
(1) Section 4(1)
is amended as follows:
(a) by
deleting the definition of “birth parents” and
inserting instead —
"birth
parent” means, in relation to a child or adoptee —
(a) the
mother of the child or adoptee; and
(b) the
father or parent of the child or adoptee under section 6A of the
Artificial Conception Act 1985 ;
”;
(b) in
the definition of “step-parent” in paragraph (b) by inserting
after “married to” —
“ , or the de facto partner of, ”.
(2) Section 4(2)
is amended as follows:
(a) in
paragraph (a) by deleting “actually”;
(b)
after paragraph (a) by inserting “or”;
(c) by
deleting paragraph (b) and “or” after that paragraph.