Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 - SECT 11

Reciprocal administrative arrangements

11. Reciprocal administrative arrangements



(1) The Minister may enter into an arrangement with the Minister responsible
for the administration of a corresponding law providing for-

   (a)  the exercise by the Registrar of powers and functions of the
        registering authority under the corresponding law; and

   (b)  the exercise by the registering authority under the corresponding law
        of powers and functions of the Registrar under this Act.

(2) When an arrangement is in force under this section-

   (a)  the Registrar may exercise, to the extent authorised by the
        arrangement (but subject to the conditions of the arrangement) the
        powers and functions of the registering authority under the
        corresponding law; and

   (b)  the registering authority under the corresponding law may exercise, to
        the extent authorised by the arrangement (but subject to the
        conditions of the arrangement) the powers and functions of the
        Registrar under this Act.

(3) An arrangement under this section may-

   (a)  establish a data base in which information is recorded for the benefit
        of all the participants in the arrangement; and

   (b)  provide for access to information contained in the data base; and



   (c)  provide for payments by or to participants in the arrangement for
        services provided under the arrangement.

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