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Paige Harris Birth Registration Bill Private Bill Explanatory note General policy statement This Bill requires the Registrar-General to enter the details of Katherine Elizabeth Harris as mother on the registration of the birth of Paige Katherine Elizabeth Harris, as well as the details of Kyle Jason Harris, as if a notice under section 23 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995 had been received containing that information and an adoption order had been made in favour of Kyle Jason Harris and Katherine Elizabeth Harris.
Clause 1 is the title clause.

Clause by clause analysis Clause 2 is the commencement clause.

The Act will come into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

Clause 3 is the interpretation clause.


Clause 4 requires the Registrar-General to add, in accordance with section 24 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995 (the BDMRR Act), the details of Katherine Elizabeth Harris as mother on the registration of the birth of Paige Katherine Elizabeth Harris (as well as the details of Kyle Jason Harris).
This is to be done as if a notice under section 23 of the BDMRR Act had been received containing that information, and the specified adoption order had been made in favour of Kyle Jason Harris and Katherine Elizabeth Harris.

Clause 5 provides that Kyle Jason Harris and Katherine Elizabeth Harris are, for all purposes, the parents of Paige Katherine Elizabeth Harris.
109—1 Louisa Wall Paige Harris Birth Registration Bill Private Bill Contents Preamble Title Commencement Interpretation Registration of adoption order to include mother’s details Parents of Paige Katherine Elizabeth Harris Page 2 2 2 2 2 Preamble (1) Paige Katherine Elizabeth Harris was born on 25 March 2020 in Papakura.
Her parents were Kyle Jason Harris and Katherine Elizabeth Harris and Paige Har‐ ris was carried by a surrogate, Renee Ellen Johnson, pursuant to approval based on the medical harm to Katherine Harris should she carry a child: (2) Katherine Harris died from an unexpected rejection of a lung transplant on 28 December 2019, before Paige Harris was born: (3) (4) (5) Following the birth of Paige Harris, an adoption order under the Adoption Act 1955 was granted at Hamilton Family Court on 23 June 2020 [FAM-2020-019-000331] naming Kyle Harris as the father with no mother named: The birth certificate registering the adoption order named Kyle Harris as father and no name was included for the mother.
The birth certificate stated the mother as “Not Recorded”: Because Katherine Harris died prior to the birth of Paige Harris there is no means, other than by a Private Bill, by which Katherine Harris’ name can be added to Paige Harris’ birth certificate in order that both of Paige Harris’ 5 10 15 109—1 1 cl 1 Paige Harris Birth Registration Bill parents can be recorded as such under the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Rela‐ tionships Registration Act 1995.
The Parliament of New Zealand therefore enacts as follows: 1 2 3 Title This Act is the Paige Harris Birth Registration Act 2022.

Commencement This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Registrar-General has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995 specified adoption order means the adoption order made in favour of Kyle the Family Court at Hamilton on 23 June 2020 Jason Harris by [FAM-2020-019-000331] in respect of Paige Katherine Elizabeth Harris.
5 10 15 4 Registration of adoption order to include mother’s details The Registrar-General must add, in accordance with section 24 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995, the details of Katherine Elizabeth Harris as mother on the registration of the birth of Paige Katherine Elizabeth Harris (as well as the details of Kyle Jason Harris) as if— 20 (a) (b) a notice under section 23 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relation‐ ships Registration Act 1995 had been received containing that informa‐ tion; and the specified adoption order had been made in favour of Kyle Jason Har‐ ris and Katherine Elizabeth Harris.
25 5 Parents of Paige Katherine Elizabeth Harris (1) Kyle Jason Harris and Katherine Elizabeth Harris are, for all purposes, the parents of Paige Katherine Elizabeth Harris.

(2) (3) Subsection (1) has effect despite the specified adoption order.

Subsection (1) does not affect section 4.

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