(1) When a child is born in the State, the responsible person must give notice
of the birth to the Registrar in a form and manner required by the Registrar,
specifying the particulars required by the regulations.
: Maximum penalty--5
penalty units.
(2) The notice must be given--
(a) in the case of a child born
alive--within 7 days after birth, or
(a) a registered medical practitioner's certificate
certifying the cause of foetal death, or
(b) if a registered medical
practitioner is of the opinion that it is impracticable or undesirable to
certify the cause of foetal death at the time the notice referred to in
subsection (2) (b) is given, a notice signed by a registered medical
practitioner stating the registered medical practitioner's intention to
complete such a certificate.
(4) The certificate or notice referred to in
subsection (3) must be completed by the registered medical practitioner
responsible for the professional care of the birth mother at the birth or a
registered medical practitioner who examined the body of the stillborn child
after the stillbirth.
(5) In this section--
"responsible person" means--
(a) in the case of a child born in a hospital or
brought to a hospital within 24 hours after birth--the chief executive officer
of the hospital, or
(b) if the child was not born in a hospital or brought to
a hospital within 24 hours after birth, and a registered medical practitioner
or midwife was responsible for the professional care of the birth mother at
the birth--that registered medical practitioner or midwife.
