BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 3 Objects of Act

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 3

The objects of this Act are to provide for—

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

        (b)     the registration of changes of name; and

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

S. 3(caa) inserted by No. 76/2008 s. 149.

        (caa)     the keeping of information relating to donors and surrogacy arrangements under the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 ; and

S. 3(ca) inserted by No. 29/2004 s. 3(1), substituted by No. 25/2019 s. 4(a).

        (ca)     the alteration of the record of sex in a birth registration; 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 and uncertified information from the registers; and

S. 3(ea) inserted by No. 29/2004 s. 3(2), substituted by No. 25/2019 s. 4(b).

        (ea)     the issue of documents acknowledging the name and sex of persons whose birth is registered in a place other than Victoria; and

S. 3(eb) inserted by No. 20/2022 s. 41.

        (eb)     the issue of integrated birth certificates to adopted persons; and

        (f)     the collection and dissemination of statistical information.