South Australian Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 3

3—Objects of Act

The objects of this Act are to provide for—

            (a)         the registration of births, deaths and marriages in South Australia; and

            (b)         the registration of changes of name; and

            (c)         the keeping of registers for recording and preserving information about births, deaths, marriages and changes of name in perpetuity; and

            (d)         access to the information in the registers in appropriate cases by government or private agencies and members of the public, from within and outside the State; and

            (e)         the issue of certified information from the registers; and

            (f)         the collection and dissemination of statistical information.