South Australian Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 13

13—Cases in which registration of birth is required or authorised

        (1)         If a child is born in the State, the birth must be registered under this Act.

        (2)         If a court (whether of this or any other State or the Commonwealth) directs the registration of a birth, the birth must be registered under this Act.

        (3)         If a child is born in an aircraft during a flight or on a vessel during a voyage to a place of disembarkation in the State, the birth may be registered under this Act.

        (4)         If a child is born outside the Commonwealth, but—

            (a)         the child is to become a resident of the State; or

            (b)         in the case of a still-born child—a person responsible for having the birth of the child registered is or is to become a resident of the State,

the birth may be registered under this Act.

        (5)         However, the Registrar must not register a birth under subsections (3) or (4) if the birth is registered under a corresponding law.