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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1999 - SECT 12

Division 2 - Registration of births 12. Cases in which registration of birth is required or authorised

      (1) When 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 the child is to become a resident of the State, the birth may be registered under this Act.

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


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