Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION AMENDMENT ACT 2020 (NO. 40 OF 2020) - SECT 15

New section 45 (3) and (4)

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    (3)     On completing a search of the register under section 43 (2), the registrar-general may also issue an integrated birth certificate to an adopted person if the person has requested the certificate and the registrar-general is satisfied that—

        (a)     either—

              (i)     the person's birth was registered in the ACT and an adoption order in relation to the person was made in the ACT or another State or Territory; or

              (ii)     the person was born in a country outside Australia and an adoption order in relation to the person was made in the ACT; and

        (b)     the adopted person is entitled to access information in relation to their adoption under the Adoption Act 1993

, part 5.

    (4)     In this section:

"integrated birth certificate", in relation to an adopted person, means a certificate about the person's birth that includes information included on the register about the adopted person's parents after the person's—

        (a)     birth; and

        (b)     adoption.