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

Issue of document acknowledging name and sex

S. 30F(1) amended by No. 25/2019 s. 11(2).

    (1)     The Registrar must determine an application made under section 30E by issuing a document acknowledging the applicant's name and sex or refusing to do so.

S. 30F(1A) inserted by No. 25/2019 s. 11(3).

    (1A)     The Registrar must determine an application made under section 30EA by issuing a document acknowledging the child's name and sex or refusing to do so.

S. 30F(2) amended by No. 25/2019 s. 11(4).

    (2)     Before determining an application made under section 30E or 30EA, the Registrar may require the applicant to provide such further information or documentation as the Registrar reasonably considers is necessary.

S. 30F(3) amended by No. 25/2019 s. 11(5).

    (3)     The document must not state the applicant's or the child's former sex or former name (if any).

S. 30F(4) substituted by No. 25/2019 s. 11(6).

    (4)     If the Registrar considers it appropriate to do so, the Registrar may include in the document any other information concerning the applicant's birth or the child's birth that the applicant has requested (in writing) be included.

    (5)     The document must include a statement to the effect that it is not to be taken to certify the particulars of any entry in the Register.

S. 30F(6) repealed by No. 15/2018 s. 7, new s. 30F(6) inserted by No. 25/2019 s. 11(7).

    (6)     The Registrar may refuse to issue a document acknowledging the name and sex of a person or a child if that document would acknowledge a prohibited sex descriptor.

S. 30FA inserted by No. 25/2019 s. 12.



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