Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts7. (1) If a child is born in the Territory, the birth is to be registered under this Act.
(2) If a child—
(a) is born outside the Commonwealth; and
(b) is to become a resident of the Territory;
the birth may be registered under this Act.
(3) If a child is born in an aircraft during a flight to an airport in the Territory, the birth may be registered under this Act.
(4) The birth of a child who is born outside the Commonwealth may not be registered under this Act if it is registered under a corresponding law.
8. (1) The parents of a child are responsible for having the child's birth registered under this Act.
(2) If a child is a foundling, the person who has custody of the child is responsible for having the child's birth registered under this Act.
9. (1) A person has the birth of a child registered under this Act by signing and lodging with the Registrar-General a birth registration statement that sets out such particulars as the Registrar-General requires for the purpose of registering the birth.
(2) The Registrar-General may accept a birth registration statement that—
(a) is signed by only 1 of the parents if satisfied that it is not practicable to obtain the signature of the other parent; or
(b) does not set out the particulars referred to in subsection (1) if satisfied that it is not practicable to obtain the missing particulars;
and, where he or she does so, a person's obligation to have a child registered under this Act shall be deemed to have been discharged.
(3) The Registrar-General shall not accept a birth registration statement from a person who is not responsible for having a child's birth registered under this Act unless the Registrar-General is satisfied that—
(a) the person lodging the statement has knowledge of the particulars set out in the statement; and
(b) neither of the child's parents is able or likely to lodge a birth registration statement.
10. (1) A person responsible for having the birth of a child registered shall not fail, without reasonable cause, to ensure that a birth registration statement acceptable to the Registrar-General is lodged with the Registrar-General within 60 days after the date of the birth.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) The Registrar-General shall not refuse to accept a birth registration statement solely on the ground that it is lodged after the end of the 60-day period.
11. (1) The Registrar-General shall register a birth by making in the Register an entry relating to the birth that includes the name of the child and, subject to subsection (2) and section 14, the prescribed particulars.
(2) Where not all the prescribed particulars are available to the Registrar-General, he or she may register a birth by including in the entry such particulars as are available to him or her.