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.