Status of Children (Parentage Testing) Regulations 2017 (Tas)

Status of Children (Parentage Testing) Regulations 2017

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Status of Children Act 1974 .

12 June 2017

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

MATTHEW GROOM

Minister for State Growth acting for and on behalf of the Minister for Justice

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Status of Children (Parentage Testing) Regulations 2017 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 28 June 2017.

3. Interpretation In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears – Act means the Status of Children Act 1974 ; bodily sample includes, but is not limited to, a sample of human blood; child means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years; DNA means deoxyribonucleic acid; donor means the person in relation to whom an order is made; guardian, in relation to a donor, means – (a) a person who is a guardian, manager, administrator or attorney of the donor under a law of – (i) the State that applies to the donor; or (ii) another State or a Territory that applies to the donor; or (b) a person who is responsible for the long-term care, welfare and development of the donor; HLA means human leucocyte antigen; laboratory means a laboratory that is accredited by NATA for the purpose of carrying out parentage testing procedures; NATA means the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia; order means an order made under section 13 of the Act requiring a parentage testing procedure to be carried out; parent, in relation to a child, means – (a) a person who has parental responsibility for the child; or (b) a guardian of the child; or (c) a foster parent of the child; or (d) a person who generally acts in the place of a person who has parental responsibility for the child and has done so for a significant length of time; parental responsibility means all the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which, by law, parents have in relation to their children; sampler means a person, referred to in regulation 6 , who takes a bodily sample from a donor; testing means the carrying out, or any part of the carrying out, of a parentage testing procedure.