Queensland Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 41E

41E Re-registering birth if discharge order

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the registrar has registered under section 41D the transfer of a person’s parentage; and

(b) a discharge order is made in relation to the parentage order for the person; and

(c) the registrar receives—

(i) an application to register the discharge order and the application contains the information prescribed under a regulation; and

(ii) an original copy of the discharge order.

(2) The registrar must close the entry in the parentage order register for the person by—

(a) incorporating, in the entry, information from the application to register the discharge order and the original copy of the discharge order; and

(b) noting on the entry—

(i) that the parentage order has been discharged; and

(ii) that the person’s birth has been re-registered under this section; and

(iii) a reference to the new entry made under subsection (3) .

(3) The registrar must also re-register the person’s birth by making a new entry in the birth register that includes—

(a) the person’s names as declared in the discharge order; and

(b) all the information that was in the entry that was closed under section 41D (other than the person’s names and information about the parentage order or discharge order); and

(c) a note that the new entry was made under this section; and

(d) a reference to the entry closed under subsection (2) .

(4) The registrar may make any other notations in the birth register or parentage order register that the registrar considers necessary to ensure the registers include the correct information for the person.