New South Wales Repealed Acts New South Wales Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) The Director-General may supply (or authorise an information source to supply) any birth certificate or prescribed information before an entitlement to the certificate or information arises under this Part if, in the opinion of the Director-General, it would promote the welfare and best interests of either or both of the parties concerned.
(2) The Director-General may act under subsection (1) in any case in which an entitlement to prescribed information has not arisen because of the failure to obtain a birth certificate under this Part.
(3) The Director-General may supply (or authorise an information source to supply) any birth certificate or prescribed information to a sibling of an adopted person or any other person who is not entitled under this Act to receive the birth certificate or prescribed information under this Part if, in the opinion of the Director-General, it is appropriate to do so because of exceptional circumstances affecting the interests or welfare of any person.