Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 16

    (1)     The registrar-general must include information about a child's parent in the register after registration of the child's birth if—

        (a)     the parents of the child apply for the inclusion of the information; or

        (b)     a parent of the child applies for the inclusion of the information and the registrar-general is satisfied that the other parent is dead or cannot join in the application because the other parent cannot be found or for any other reason; or

        (c)     a parent of the child applies for the inclusion of the information and the registrar-general is satisfied that the other parent does not dispute the correctness of the information; or

        (d)     the Supreme Court orders the inclusion of the information; or

        (e)     a court makes a finding that a particular person is a parent of the child; or

        (f)     the registrar-general is entitled under an Act or a law of a State, the Commonwealth or another Territory to make a presumption about the identity of a parent of the child; or

        (g)     the inclusion of the information is authorised by regulation.

    (2)     An application to the registrar-general for the addition of registrable information in the register must—

        (a)     be made in writing; and

        (b)     include the information required by the registrar-general; and

        (c)     if the registrar-general requires verification of the information in the application—be accompanied by a statutory declaration verifying the information and any other evidence that the registrar-general requires.

Note     The Statutory Declarations Act 1959 (Cwlth) applies to the making of statutory declarations under ACT laws.

    (3)     On application by an interested person, the Supreme Court may order that the register be amended—

        (a)     by omitting or adding specified information about a child's parentage; or

        (b)     by adding information that relates to the marriage or civil partnership of the child's parents.

    (4)     In this section:

"information" does not include information relating to a change of sex by a parent of the child.