Queensland Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 51

51 Unauthorised access to or interference with register

(1) A person must not, without lawful authority—

(a) access a register or information in a register; or

(b) make, alter or delete an entry in a register; or

(c) interfere with a register in any other way.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a person has lawful authority to do something in that subsection if—

(a) the person is doing the thing to carry out a function under this or another Act; or

(b) the registrar has authorised the person to do the thing.