(1) Proceedings for an offence under this Act are to be dealt with before the Local Court.(2) Nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction or power of the Supreme Court to enforce its orders.
(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may make provision with respect to any of the following matters:(a) the carrying out of parentage testing procedures under parentage testing orders,(b) the preparation of reports in relation to the information obtained as the result of the carrying out of such procedures.(3) A regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units.
37 Repeal of Children (Equality of Status) Act 1976 No 97 and Artificial Conception Act 1984 No 3
The Children (Equality of Status) Act 1976 and the Artificial Conception Act 1984 are repealed.
39 Savings and transitional provisions
Schedule 2 has effect.
(1) The Minister is to review this Act to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the Act remain appropriate for securing those objectives.(2) The review is to be undertaken as soon as possible after the period of 5 years from the date of assent to this Act.(3) A report of the outcome of the review is to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 12 months after the end of the period of 5 years.