Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsamending Act, for part 9, division 3, see section 58.
application information see section 41.
autopsy means an autopsy or post mortem under--
(a) the Coroners Act 1958, the Coroners Act 2003 or the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979; or
(b) a law of another State or country that corresponds to an Act mentioned in paragraph (a).
birth means the expulsion or extraction of a child from its mother.
birth registration application see section 9.
cause of death certificate see section 30.
certificate includes an extract.
child includes a stillborn child.
commissioner means the Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian appointed under the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000.
coroner means a coroner under the Coroners Act 2003.
corresponding law means a law of another State that provides for the registration of births, deaths and marriages.
death registration application means a death registration application under section 29.
deputy registrar see section 35(1).
fee includes a tax.
guardian means a guardian who has been appointed under a law of a State or the Commonwealth.
historical information means information in a register that relates to an event that was registered before a period prescribed under a regulation.
Example--
A regulation may prescribe that the information in the birth register for any births that were registered more than 90 years ago is historical information.
marriage certificate means an official certificate of marriage under the Marriage Act 1961 (Cwlth), section 50.
midwife means a midwife within the meaning of the Nursing Act 1992.
non-Queensland coroner means a person who holds a position equivalent to a coroner in another State.
non-Queensland court means--
(a) a court of another State; or
(b) a Commonwealth court.
person includes a child.
prohibited name means a name that--
(a) is obscene or offensive; or
(b) could not practically be established by repute or usage--
(i) because it is too long; or
(ii) because it consists of, or includes, symbols without phonetic significance; or
(iii) for another reason; or
(c) includes or resembles an official title or rank; or
(d) is, or includes, a statement; or
Examples--
'Save Mother Earth' or 'Down with Capitalism'
(e) is contrary to the public interest for another reason; or
(f) a regulation states is a prohibited name.
Queensland court means a court of Queensland.
recognition certificate means a certificate issued under the law of another State that identifies the person who is the subject of the certificate as--
(a) having undergone sexual reassignment surgery; and
(b) being the sex stated in the certificate.
register, used as a noun, means--
(a) a register mentioned in section 40; and
(b) the Adopted Children Register under the Adoption of Children Act 1964.
register, used as a verb, means to enter information about a registrable event into the register.
registering authority means an authority responsible under a corresponding law for the registration of births, deaths and marriages.
registrable event means--
(a) a birth, death, marriage or change of name; or
(b) an adoption under the Adoption of Children Act 1964; or
(c) another event for which the registrar is required, under another Act, to record in a register.
registrar see section 34(1).
school of anatomy means a school of anatomy under the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979.
seal includes a stamp.
sexual reassignment surgery means a surgical procedure involving the alteration of a person's reproductive organs carried out--
(a) to help the person to be considered to be a member of the opposite sex; or
(b) to correct or eliminate ambiguities about the sex of the person.
stillbirth means the birth of a stillborn child.
stillborn child means a child--
(a) who has shown no sign of respiration or heartbeat, or other sign of life, after completely leaving the child's mother; and
(b) who--
(i) has been gestated for 20 weeks or more; or
(ii) weighs 400g or more.
vessel includes a hovercraft.