Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 16B

    (1)     If the registrar-general receives a sealed copy of a parentage order mentioned in section 16A (1) for a child whose birth is registered under this Act, the registrar-general must re-register the birth of the child by entering in the register—

        (a)     particulars, from the copy of the parentage order, of—

              (i)     the child's name after the order was made; and

              (ii)     the child's sex, date and place of birth; and

              (iii)     the intended parent or intended parents of the child in whose favour the order was made; and

        (b)     a notation to the entry, signed and dated by the registrar-general, to the effect that the birth of the child is registered under this subsection.

    (2)     On re-registering the birth of a child under subsection (1), the registrar-general must sign and date a notation, written on the page of the register that contains the original entry of the birth, to the effect that the birth of the child has been re-registered under subsection (1) on a stated page of the register.

    (3)     If a parentage order relates to a child who has previously been adopted, the registrar-general must re-register the birth of the child as if the entry relating to the adoption were the original entry of the child's birth.