South Australian Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 21

21—Name of child

        (1)         Subject to this section, the birth registration statement must state the name of the child.

        (2)         The name is a matter of choice for the person or persons lodging the statement ¹ , but the Registrar may assign a name to a child if—

            (a)         the name stated in the birth registration statement is a prohibited name; or

            (b)         the birth registration statement is lodged by both parents of the child and they satisfy the Registrar that they are unable to agree on the child's name.

        (3)         A birth registration statement relating to a still-born child need not state the name of the child.

Note—

1         For example, there is no requirement that the name be made up of both a surname and a given name or given names.