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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 29C
Exceptions to certain change of name restrictions
29C Exceptions to certain change of name restrictions
(1) The Registrar may register a change of name of a person despite any
restriction imposed by section 27 (a) or 28 (1) (a) that the person's birth
must be registered in the State if satisfied that an order has been made
(whether in the State or elsewhere) for the protection of the person or the
person's children from domestic violence.
(2) The Registrar may register a
change of name of a person despite any restriction imposed by section 27 (b)
or 28 (1) (b) as to the period for which the person must be resident in the
State, or any restriction imposed by section 29B, if-- (a) the Registrar is
satisfied that the reason for the proposed change of name warrants the
registration of the change of name, or
(b) without limiting paragraph (a),
the Registrar is satisfied that the proposed change of name is sought for the
protection of the person, the person's children or anyone else associated with
the person, or
(c) the proposed change of name is because of the marriage of
the person, or
(d) the District Court has approved the proposed change of
name on application under section 28 (4).
(3) Nothing in this Part limits or
affects-- (a) any power that a court has under another Act or law (whether of
this State, another State, the Commonwealth or New Zealand) to order that a
change of name is to be registered or the ability of the Registrar to comply
with such an order, or
(b) the operation of the Adoption Act 2000 , the Law
Enforcement and National Security (Assumed Identities) Act 2010 , the
Surrogacy Act 2010 or the Witness Protection Act 1995 .
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