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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 56 Regulation-making power

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 56

Regulation-making power

56 Regulation-making power

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.
(2) For example, a regulation may—
(a) impose a penalty of not more than 20 penalty units for a contravention of a provision of a regulation; and
(b) prescribe information to be contained in a particular approved form, certificate, extract or register; and
(c) prescribe information to be contained on the registrar’s seal; and
(d) prescribe the way in which a register is to be corrected; and
(e) prescribe information that a court may consider when deciding or changing a child’s name; and
(f) prescribe fees for this Act, including for example, a fee for the registration of information under a court order; and
(g) prescribe an area of the State to be a registry district.