Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An adult may apply to note the reassignment of the adult's sex.
(2) An application to note the reassignment of a child's sex may be made by--
(a) the child's parents; or
(b) 1 of the child's parents if--
(i) the other parent is dead; or
(ii) the other parent's whereabouts are unknown; or
(iii) the other parent refuses to sign the application; or
(iv) the other parent is, for another justifiable reason, unable to apply; or
(c) the child's guardians.
(3) Despite subsection (2), the registrar must accept an application to note the reassignment of a child's sex if a Magistrates Court, on the application of a parent or guardian of the child, orders the registrar to do so.
(4) The application must be--
(a) in the approved form; and
(b) accompanied by--
(i) statutory declarations, by 2 doctors, verifying that the person the subject of the application has undergone sexual reassignment surgery; or
(ii) a recognition certificate; and
Editor's note--
See the dictionary for the definition of a recognition certificate.
(c) accompanied by other information prescribed under a regulation; and
(d) accompanied by other documents prescribed under a regulation.
(5) For subsection (4)(b), a statutory declaration made by a doctor in another country may be sworn before a notary public in the other country.
(6) In this section--
doctor includes a person registered as a medical practitioner under a law of another State or country corresponding to the Medical Practitioners Registration Act 2001.