BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 13 Cases in which registration of birth is required or authorised

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 13

13 Cases in which registration of birth is required or authorised

(1) If a child is born in the State, the birth must be registered under this Act.

(2) If a court 1 orders the registration of a birth, the birth must be registered under this Act.

Note : 1 The power to order registration of birth may be exercised by courts of this State and also by courts of other States and the Commonwealth (see section 19).

(3) If a child is born--

(a) in an aircraft during a flight to an airport in the State, or

(b) on a ship during a voyage to a port in the State,

the birth may be registered under this Act.

(4) If a child is born outside the Commonwealth, but the child is to become (or in the case of a stillbirth, was to become) a resident of the State, the birth may be registered under this Act.

(5) However, the birth of a child born outside the State is not to be registered under this Act if the birth is registered under a corresponding law.