Queensland Consolidated Regulations

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION REGULATION 2024 - REG 8

8 Noting change of name other than by registration—Act, s 35

(1) For section 35(7)(b) (i) of the Act , the following documents are prescribed—

(a) a certificate from a registering authority that evidences the person’s change of name;

(b) a copy of a deed poll registered in Queensland or another State that evidences the person’s change of name;

(c) a court order that approves the person’s change of name or otherwise evidences a change of the person’s name.

(2) If a document is a copy, the document must be certified by a qualified witness as being a true copy of the original document.