Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - General Law Reform) Act 2008 (144 of 2008)

Schedule 6   Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Part 2   Amendments commencing on 1 July 2009

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

22B   Subsection 5(1) (definition of parent)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

parent :

(a) when used in relation to a child who has been adopted - means an adoptive parent of the child; and

(b) when used in relation to a child born because of the carrying out of an artificial conception procedure - means a person who is a parent of the child under section 60H of the Family Law Act 1975; and

(c) when used in relation to a child born because of a surrogacy arrangement - includes a person who is a parent of the child under section 60HB of the Family Law Act 1975.