Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 70

    (1)     The Executive may make regulations for this Act.

Note     A regulation must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act

.

    (2)     A regulation may make provision in relation to—

        (a)     the provision of copies of, or extracts from, entries in the register about relevant children; and

        (b)     the making, correction or cancellation of entries in the register about relevant children.

    (3)     A regulation may also prescribe offences for contraventions of a regulation and prescribe maximum penalties of not more than 10 penalty units for offences against a regulation.

    (4)     In this section:

"relevant children"—a child is a relevant child if a parentage order has been made about the child under—

        (a)     the Parentage Act 2004

, section 28H; or

        (b)     a corresponding parentage law.