Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts12. Notification of births
(1) When a child is born in the Territory, the responsible person shall give notice of the birth to the Registrar including the particulars required by the Regulations.
Penalty: $1,000.
(2) Notice under subsection (1) shall be given within 10 days after the birth.
(3) When notice of a still-birth is given, the responsible person shall also give the Registrar a doctor's certificate, in a form approved by the Registrar, certifying the cause of foetal death.
(4) The certificate shall be completed by the doctor responsible for the professional care of the mother at the birth or a doctor who examined the body of the still-born child after the birth.
(5) Where a child is born in a prison or police prison, within the meaning of the Prisons (Correctional Services) Act , a notice under subsection (1) shall not refer to the place of birth as the prison or police prison, other than by referring to the name of the city or town in which the prison or police prison is located or the city or town nearest to the prison or police prison.
(6) 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;
(b) in the case of a child born in a prison or mental institution - the chief executive officer of the prison or mental institution; or
(c) in other cases - the doctor, midwife or health worker responsible for the professional care of the mother at the birth.