Queensland Numbered Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2023 - SECT 104

104 The registers

(1) The registrar must maintain a register for each type of registrable event.

(2) A register—

(a) must contain, for each registrable event or alteration of a registrable event, the particulars required under this Act or another law to be included in the register; and

(b) may contain other information the registrar considers appropriate for inclusion in the register.

(3) The registrar must register a registrable event if the registrar believes the particulars of the event to be included in the register are correct.

(4) When registering a registrable event, the registrar must not enter the following into the register—

(a) the word ‘illegitimate’ or words to that effect;

(b) the word ‘suicide’ or words to that effect;

(c) information prescribed by regulation.

(5) The registrar must assign to each registrable event in a register the following particulars—

(a) the registrar’s first initial and surname;

(b) the registration number;

(c) the day and place of registration.

(6) The registrar may include for each registrable event in a register details of any marginal notes or other notes or notations.

(7) A register may be wholly or partly—

(a) in the form of a computer database; or

(b) in documentary form; or

(c) in another form the registrar considers appropriate.

(8) The registrar must maintain the information in a register in a way that makes the information reasonably accessible.

(9) In this section—

"marginal note" means—

(a) for an entry in documentary form—a note entered into the margin of, or an area set aside for notes in, the entry; or

(b) for an entry in computer database form—a note made in a field designated for the purpose of entering a note in the entry.

"registration number" means the number assigned to a registrable event when the event is entered in a register.