BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 30EC Court order for issue of document acknowledging child's name and sex
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 30EC
Court order for issue of document acknowledging child's name and sex(1) A parent of a child may apply to the Court for an order that the Registrar issue a document acknowledging the name and sex of the child under section 30F(1A).
(2) A guardian of a child may make an application under subsection (1) if the parents of the child are dead, cannot be found or for some other reason cannot exercise their parental responsibilities in relation to the child.
(3) The Court may make an order that the Registrar issue a document acknowledging the child's name and sex if satisfied that the issuing of the document under section 30F(1A) is in the child's best interests.
S. 30F (Heading) amended by No. 25/2019 s. 11(1).
S. 30F inserted by No. 29/2004 s. 5.