Queensland Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 23

23 Application to note a reassignment of sex

(1) An adult may apply to note the reassignment of the adult’s sex.

(2) An application to note the reassignment of a child’s sex may be made by—

(a) the child’s parents; or

(b) 1 of the child’s parents if—

(i) the other parent is dead; or

(ii) the other parent’s whereabouts are unknown; or

(iii) the other parent refuses to sign the application; or

(iv) the other parent is, for another justifiable reason, unable to apply; or

(c) the child’s guardians.

(3) Despite subsection (2) , the registrar must accept an application to note the reassignment of a child’s sex if a Magistrates Court, on the application of a parent or guardian of the child, orders the registrar to do so.

(4) The application must be—

(a) in the approved form; and

(b) accompanied by—

(i) statutory declarations, by 2 doctors, verifying that the person the subject of the application has undergone sexual reassignment surgery; or

(ii) a recognition certificate; and

Note—

See the dictionary for the definition of a
"recognition certificate" .

(c) accompanied by other information prescribed under a regulation; and

(d) accompanied by other documents prescribed under a regulation.

(5) For subsection (4) (b) , a statutory declaration made by a doctor in another country may be sworn before a notary public in the other country.

(6) In this section—

"doctor" includes a person registered as a medical practitioner under a law of another country corresponding to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.