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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 23

Definitions for pt 4

In this part:

"sexual reassignment surgery" means a surgical procedure involving the alteration of a person's reproductive organs that is carried out—

        (a)     for the purpose of assisting a person to be considered to be a member of the opposite sex; or

        (b)     to correct or eliminate an ambiguity relating to the sex of the person.

"transsexual person" means a person whose record of registration of birth has been altered under section 26.


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