Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts3. Objects of Act
The objects of this Act are to provide for -
(a) the registration of births, deaths and marriages in the Northern Territory of Australia;
(b) the registration of changes of name and sex;
(c) the keeping of registers for recording and preserving information about births, deaths, marriages and changes of name in perpetuity;
(d) access to the information in the registers in appropriate cases by government or private agencies and members of the public, from within and outside the Territory;
(e) the issue of certified information from the registers; and
(f) the collection and dissemination of statistical information.