Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 22J

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     the relevant director-general decides to refuse an application for approval (an approval application ) to make a change of name application under section 22C (1) (b) because, or partly because, of information the relevant director-general considers is security sensitive information; and

        (b)     the applicant for the approval application applies to the ACAT or a court for review of the relevant director-general's decision.

    (2)     The relevant director-general must apply to the ACAT or the court for a decision about whether the information is security sensitive information.

    (3)     The application need not be served on anyone unless the ACAT or the court otherwise orders on its own initiative.

    (4)     The ACAT or the court may decide that the information is, or is not, security sensitive information.

    (5)     If the ACAT or the court decides that the information is security sensitive information, in deciding an application for review of the relevant director-general's decision to refuse the approval application, the ACAT or the court—

        (a)     must ensure security sensitive information is not disclosed in any reasons for the decision; and

        (b)     must, unless the relevant director-general otherwise agrees, receive evidence and submissions in private in the absence of the public, the applicant for review, the applicant's representative and any other interested party.

    (6)     In this section:

"security sensitive information"—see section 22I (3).