Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT - SECT 11

11. Reciprocal administrative arrangements

(1) Subject to subsection (4), the Minister may enter into an arrangement with the Minister responsible for the administration of a corresponding law providing for -

(a) the exercise by the Registrar of powers and functions of the registering authority under the corresponding law; and

(b) the exercise by the registering authority under the corresponding law of powers and functions of the Registrar under this Act.

(2) When an arrangement is in force under this section -

(a) the Registrar may exercise, to the extent authorised by the arrangement (but subject to the conditions of the arrangement), the powers and functions of the registering authority under the corresponding law; and

(b) the registering authority under the corresponding law may exercise, to the extent authorised by the arrangement (but subject to the conditions of the arrangement), the powers and functions of the Registrar under this Act.

(3) An arrangement under this section may -

(a) establish a data base in which information is recorded for the benefit of all the participants in the arrangement;

(b) provide for access to information contained in the data base; and

(c) provide for payments by or to participants in the arrangement for services provided under the arrangement.

(4) The Minister shall not enter into an arrangement under this section unless he or she is satisfied that the security arrangements and the access policies in place under the corresponding law are at least equal to those in place in the Territory.