Victorian Current Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 30BA

    (1)     An application under section 30B for the alteration of the record of a child's sex in the child's birth registration may be made by one parent if—

        (a)     the applicant is the sole parent named in the registration of the child's birth under this Act; or

        (b)     there is no other surviving parent of the child; or

        (c)     the Court makes an order under section 30BB(3) approving the alteration of the record of the child's sex.

    (2)     An application under section 30B for the alteration of the record of a child's sex in the child's birth registration may be made by the child's guardian if—

        (a)     the parents of the child are dead, cannot be found or for some other reason cannot exercise their parental responsibilities in relation to the child; or

        (b)     the Court makes an order under section 30BB(3) approving the alteration of the record of the child's sex.

S. 30BB inserted by No. 25/2019 s. 8.