Western Australian Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1998

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Objects of Act  
   4.      Definitions  

   PART 2 -- Administration  

           Division 1 -- The Registrar and staff  

   5.      Registrar  
   6.      Registrar’s general functions  
   7.      Registrar’s staff  
   8.      Delegation  

           Division 2 -- Execution of documents  

   9.      The Registrar’s seal  
   10.     Execution of documents  

           Division 3 -- Reciprocal administrative arrangements  

   11.     Reciprocal administrative arrangements  

   PART 3 -- Registration of births  

           Division 1 -- Notification of births  

   12.     Notification of births  

           Division 2 -- Registration of births  

   13.     Cases in which registration of birth is required or authorised  
   14.     How to have the birth of a child registered  
   15.     Responsibility to have birth registered  
   16.     Obligation to have birth registered  
   17.     Registration of birth  
   18.     Registration of parentage details  
   19.     Addition of details after birth registration  

           Division 3 -- Court orders relating to registration of birth  

   20.     Powers of State courts  
   21.     Registration of birth etc. after court findings  

           Division 4 -- Child’s name  

   22.     Name of child  
   23.     Given names can be changed once within a year of birth  

   PART 4 -- Registration of adoption information  

   24.     Registration of State adoption order, or State discharge of adoption order, if adoptee’s birth registered in this State  
   25.     Registration of State adoption order, or State discharge of adoption order, if adoptee’s birth not registered in this State  
   26.     Registration of interstate adoption order, or interstate discharge of adoption order, if adoptee’s birth registered in this State  
   27.     Manner and form of adoption information in the Register  
   28.     Certain certified copies  

   PART 5 -- Change of name  

   29.     Change of name by registration  
   30.     Application to register change of adult’s name  
   31.     Application to register change of child’s name  
   32.     Child’s consent to change of name  
   33.     Application to register change of child’s name approved by Family Court  
   34.     Registration of change of name  
   35.     Entries to be made in the Register  
   36.     Change of name may be established by repute or usage  

   PART 6 -- Registration of marriages  

   37.     Marriages in the State to be registered  
   38.     How to have marriage registered  
   39.     Registration of marriage  

   PART 7 -- Registration of deaths  

           Division 1 -- Cases where registration of death is required or authorised  

   40.     Deaths to be registered under this Act  
   41.     Powers of State courts and coroners and registration of death etc. after court findings  

           Division 2 -- Notification of death  

   42.     Person responsible for notification of death  
   43.     Notification of suspected death  

           Division 3 -- Certificates of cause of death  

   44.     Doctor to provide certificate of cause of death unless the death is reportable to a coroner  

           Division 4 -- Disposal of human remains  

   45.     Notification of disposal of human remains in the State  
   46.     Notification of disposal of human remains out of the State  
   47.     Notification if disposal has not occurred within 30 days  

           Division 5 -- Registration of death  

   48.     Registration of death  

   PART 8 -- The Register  

           Division 1 -- Keeping the Register  

   49.     The Register  

           Division 2 -- Registrar’s powers of inquiry  

   50.     Registrar’s powers of inquiry  

           Division 3 -- Correction and amendment of Register  

   51.     Correction of Register  
   52.     Amendment of Register  
   53.     Registrar’s functions under other Acts  

           Division 4 -- Access to, and certification of, Register entries  

   54.     Access to Register  
   55.     Search of Register  
   56.     Protection of privacy  
   57.     Issue of certificate  
   58.     Access policies  

   PART 9 -- Miscellaneous  

   59.     False representation  
   60.     Unauthorised access to or interference with Register  
   61.     Falsification of certificate, etc.  
   62.     Revocation of registration of registrable events obtained by fraud  
   63.     Unauthorised disclosure of information  
   64.     Power to require and take statutory declarations  
   65.     Evidentiary  
   66.     Protection from liability  
   67.     Review  
   68.     Adoption Act 1994  
   69.     Regulations  
   70.     Power to remit fees  
           Compilation table