New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 16

16 Obligation to have birth registered

(1) A person responsible for having the birth of a child registered must have the birth registered (as provided by section 14) within 60 days after the date of the birth.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.

(2) However, the Registrar must accept a birth registration statement given for the purposes of having a birth registered even though it is given after the end of the 60 day period.