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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 18

18—Alteration of details of parentage after registration of birth

        (1)         The Registrar may include registrable information about a child's parents in the Register after registration of the child's birth if—

            (a)         the father and mother of the child make a joint application for the addition of the information; or

            (b)         one parent of the child makes an application for the addition of the information and the other parent cannot join in the application because he or she is dead or cannot be found, or for some other reason.

        (2)         The Registrar must include or correct registrable information about a child's parents in the Register after registration of the child's birth if a court (whether of this or any other State or the Commonwealth) directs the inclusion or correction of the information in the Register or the Registrar is advised of a finding by a court that a particular person is a parent of the child.

        (3)         An application to the Registrar for the inclusion of registrable information in the Register

            (a)         must be made in writing; and

            (b)         must include the information required by the Registrar; and

            (c)         must, if the Registrar requires verification of the information contained in the application, be accompanied by a statutory declaration verifying the information contained in the application and other evidence the Registrar may require.



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