Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) For each child born in Queensland, the responsible person must give a notice, in the approved form, to the registrar.
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
(2) The responsible person is--
(a) if the child was born in a hospital, or brought to a hospital within 24 hours after birth--the person in charge of the hospital; or
(b) otherwise--
(i) a doctor present at the birth; or
(ii) if a doctor was not present at the birth--a midwife present at the birth; or
(iii) if neither a doctor nor a midwife were present at the birth--a person, other than the mother, present at the birth; or
(iv) if the mother was alone at the birth--the mother; or
(v) if the mother dies or abandons the child--the person who takes physical custody of the child, for example, a person who discovers the child with the body of the mother.
(3) The notice must be given within 2 working days after the birth.
(4) A person need not comply with subsection (1) if someone else has complied with subsection (1).