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

Court order approving alteration of record of sex in child's birth registration

    (1)     A parent of a child may apply to the Court for an order to approve the alteration of the record of the child's sex in the child's birth registration.

    (2)     A child's guardian may make an application under subsection (1) if 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.

    (3)     The Court may make an order approving the alteration of the record of the child's sex in the child's birth registration if the Court is satisfied that the alteration is in the child's best interests.

S. 30C inserted by No. 29/2004 s. 5, amended by No. 15/2018 s. 5, substituted by No. 25/2019 s. 9.



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