Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1999 - SECT 11

      (1) When a child is born in the State, the responsible person must give notice of the birth to the Registrar.

      (2) Notice is to –

(a) be in writing or in any other manner or form approved by the Registrar; and

(b) include any particulars the Registrar requires.

Penalty:

Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

      (3) The notice must be given –

(a) in the case of a live birth, within 21 days after birth; or

(b) in the case of a stillbirth, within 48 hours after birth.

      (4) When notice of a stillbirth is given, the responsible person must also give the Registrar a doctor's certificate in a form approved by the Registrar, certifying the cause of foetal death.

      (5) The certificate must be completed by the doctor responsible for the professional care of the mother at the birth or a doctor who examined the body of the stillborn child after the birth.

      (6) In this section,

"responsible person" means –

(a) in the case of a child born in a hospital or brought to a hospital within 24 hours after birth, the chief executive officer of the hospital; or

(b) in any other case –

(i) the doctor or midwife responsible for the professional care of the mother at the birth; or

(ii) if no doctor or midwife was in attendance at the birth, any other person in attendance at the birth.