Queensland Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 42

42 Correcting the register

(1) The registrar must correct a register—

(a) on the order of a Queensland court or QCAT; or

(b) on the application of the chief executive (corrective services) under the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 27 (4) or the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 , section 43AB (4) ; or

(c) on the application of the police commissioner under the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004 , section 74A (5) ; or

(d) subject to section 41 (5) , to reflect a coroner’s findings if the findings differ from the information entered on a register.

(2) The registrar may correct a register—

(a) on the order of a non-Queensland court; or

(b) to reflect a finding made on inquiry under section 43 ; or

(c) on the application, in the prescribed form, of a person who can provide correct information to the registrar; or

(d) to ensure the particulars in an entry about a registrable event conform with the most reliable information about the registrable event that is available to the registrar.

Example of paragraph (a)—

The registrar might correct a register if a Commonwealth court found that a particular person was the parent of a child.

(3) The registrar may correct a register—

(a) by adding, or cancelling, an entry in the register; or

(b) by adding, amending or deleting particulars in an entry in the register.

(4) The registrar need not correct a register in relation to historical information.

(5) A certificate from an entry that contains corrected information must show the most recent information.

(6) However, the certificate may also show information that has been corrected if the registrar considers it necessary.

(7) In this section—

"police commissioner" means the commissioner of the Queensland Police Service.