Status of Children Amendment (Counselling) Regulations 2021 (Vic)

Status of Children Amendment (Counselling) Regulations 2021

S.R. No. 122/2021

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3New regulation 6A inserted

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2021

S.R. No. 122/2021

Status of Children Act 1974

Status of Children Amendment (Counselling) Regulations 2021

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 28 September 2021

Responsible Minister:

JACLYN SYMES
Attorney-General

ALEXANDRA DEBELJAKOVIC

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe a requirement for providing counselling to the parties to a surrogacy arrangement commissioned without assistance of a registered ART provider.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 41 of the Status of Children Act 1974.

3New regulation 6A inserted

After regulation 6 of the Status of Children Regulations 2014[1] insert—

"6A   Requirement for providing counselling for surrogacy arrangements without assistance of registered ART provider

For the purposes of section 23(3)(b) of the Act, the prescribed requirement is full membership, or eligibility for full membership, of the Australian and New Zealand Infertility Counsellors' Association.".

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Endnotes

[1] Reg. 3: S.R. No. 186/2014.