Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT - SECT 13

13. Cases in which registration of birth is required or authorised

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

(2) Subject to subsection (3), if a child is born outside the Commonwealth, but the child is to become a resident of the Territory, the birth may be registered under this Act.

(3) The birth of a child born outside the Commonwealth cannot be registered under this Act if the birth is registered under a corresponding law.