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VII—CHILDREN".

24. Sections 60, 60a and 61 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following Divisions, heading and sections are substituted:

"Division 1—General

Interpretation
"60. In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
     'adopted', in relation to a child, means adopted under the law of any place (whether in or out of Australia) relating to the adoption of children;
     'artificial conception procedure' includes:
          (a) artificial insemination; and
          (b) the implantation of an embryo in the body of a woman;
     'birth' includes stillbirth;
     'child' includes an adopted child and a stillborn child;
     'child agreement' means an agreement:
          (a) that is in writing;
          (b) that is made (whether before or after the commencement of this section and whether within or outside Australia) between the parents of a child (whether or not there are other parties to the agreement); and
          (c) that makes provision in relation to child welfare matters in relation to the child (whether or not it also makes provision in relation to other matters);
     and includes such an agreement that varies an earlier child agreement;
     'childbirth maintenance period', in relation to the birth of a child, means the period:
          (a) commencing:
              (i) in a case where the mother:

                 (a) works in paid employment;
                 (b) is advised by a medical practitioner to stop working for medical reasons related to her pregnancy; and
                 (c) stops working after being so advised and more than 2 months before the child is due to be born;
              on the day on which she stops working;
              (ii) in any other case—2 months before the child is due to be born; and
          (b) ending 3 months after the child's birth;
     'child welfare law' means a law of a State or Territory prescribed, or included in a class of laws of a State or Territory prescribed, for the purposes of this definition;
     'child welfare matters' means matters in relation to the custody, guardianship or welfare of, or access to, a child, but does not include matters in relation to the maintenance of a child;
     'education' includes apprenticeship or vocational training;
     'guardian', in relation to a child, includes a person who has been granted (whether alone or jointly with another person or other persons) guardianship of the child under:
          (a) this Act or another law of the Commonwealth; or
          (b) the law of a State or Territory;
     'medical expenses' includes medical, surgical, dental, diagnostic, hospital, nursing, pharmaceutical and physiotherapy expenses;
     'medical practitioner' means a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners;
     'overseas custody order' means an order made by a court of a prescribed overseas jurisdiction that is:
          (a) an