This legislation has been repealed.
Report of birth162G. Report of birth (1) For the purposes of this section, birth means every birth or still-birth of a child that is required to be registered pursuant to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996. (2) In the case of every birth referred to in subsection (1)- (a) if the birth occurs in any hospital, the proprietor of that hospital; (b) if the birth does not occur in any hospital- (i) the midwife who is in attendance upon the mother at the time of the birth; or (ii) if subparagraph (i) does not apply, the registered medical practitioner who is in attendance upon the mother at the time of the birth; or (c) if neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) applies- (i) if the mother and child are, or the child is, admitted to any hospital because of the birth of the child the proprietor of that hospital; or (ii) in any other case, the registered medical practitioner who undertakes the care and treatment of the mother and child because of the birth of the child- must submit to the Council a report in respect of the birth in the form approved by the Council. (3) Any person required by subsection (2) to submit a report to the Council who fails to do so within the prescribed period shall be guilty of an offence against this Part and shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 5 penalty units.