Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1999 - SECT 28A

      (1) An adult person –

(a) whose birth is entered in the Register; and

(b) who has undergone sexual reassignment surgery; and

(c) who is not married –

      (2) The parents of a child whose birth is registered in the State may apply to the Registrar, in a form approved by the Registrar, for registration of a change of the child's sex.

      (3) An application for registration of a change of a child's sex may be made by one parent if –

(a) the applicant is the sole parent named in the registration of the child's birth under this Act or any other law; or

(b) there is no other surviving parent of the child.

      (4) If the parents of a child are dead, cannot be found or for some other reason cannot exercise their parental responsibilities in respect of the child, the child's guardian may apply for registration of a change of the child's sex.