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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 41DA Registering cultural recognition order

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 41DA

Registering cultural recognition order

41DA Registering cultural recognition order

(1) This section applies if—
(a) a cultural recognition order is made in relation to a person whose birth was registered in Queensland; and
(b) the registrar receives an original copy of the cultural recognition order from the commissioner.
(2) The registrar must register the transfer of parentage by incorporating into the cultural recognition register the copy mentioned in subsection (1) (b) .
(3) Also, the registrar must close the person’s birth entry by—
(a) noting on the birth entry (a
"closed entry" ) a reference to the registration mentioned in subsection (2) ; and
(b) noting on the cultural recognition register entry a reference to the closed entry or entries.
(4) In this section—


"commissioner" means the person appointed as commissioner under the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 .