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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES (NO. 112 OF 1997)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I--PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Repeals
4. Interpretation
PART II--REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS
5. Notification of births
6. Interpretation
7. Cases in which registration of birth is required or authorised
8. Responsibility to have birth registered
9. How to have the birth of a child registered
10. Obligation to have birth registered
11. Registration
12. Name of child
13. Dispute about child's name
14. Registration of parentage details
15. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court to order registration of birth
16. Addition of details of parentage after registration of birth
PART III--CHANGE OF NAME
17. Change of name by registration
18. Application to register change of adult's name
19. Application to register change of child's name
20. Registration of change of name
21. Entries to be made in the Register
22. Change of name may still be established by repute or usage
PART IV--CHANGE OF SEX
23. Interpretation
24. Application to alter Register to record change of sex
25. Evidence in support of application
26. Alteration of Register
27. Issue of birth certificates
28. Use of old birth certificate
29. Effect of certificates issued in respect of transsexual persons
PART V--REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES
30. Cases in which registration of marriages is required
31. How to have a marriage registered
32. Manner of registration of marriage
PART VI--REGISTRATION OF DEATHS
33. When registration to occur
34. Circumstances in which deaths are not to be registered
35. Notification of deaths by doctors
36. Certificates of deaths subject to inquests
37. Notification by funeral directors etc.
38. Manner of registration
PART VII--THE REGISTER AND OTHER RECORDS
39. The Register
40. Correction of Register
41. Registrar-General's powers of inquiry
42. Access to Register
43. Search of Register
44. Protection of privacy
45. Issue of certificates
46. Access policies
47. Registrar-General may collect other information
48. Additional services
49. False representations
50. Unauthorised access to, or interference with, Register
51. Falsification of certificates
52. Confiscation of erroneous or false documents
PART VIII--ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
53. Review of decisions
PART IX--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
54. Interpretation
55. Application of Act to unregistered events
56. Notifications of births
57. Notification of registrable particulars
58. Medical certificates of causes of still-births
59. Applications
60. Orders of Magistrates Court
61. Notifications of deaths by doctors
62. Notifications by Coroners
63. Notifications of disposal of remains
64. Avoidance of double jeopardy
PART X--MISCELLANEOUS
65. Certificate evidence
66. Arrangements with States and other Territories
67. Power of Minister to determine fees
68. Power to remit fees
69. Regulations
SCHEDULE
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