Queensland Numbered Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2023 - SECT 112

112 Obtaining certificates from registrar

(1) An entity may apply to the registrar for a certificate about an event that is, or may be, in a register kept by the registrar.

(2) An application under this section must be—

(a) in the form required by the registrar and made in an approved way; and

(b) accompanied by the fee prescribed by regulation.

(3) Unless the application relates to historical information, the registrar may refuse the application if the applicant does not have an adequate reason for obtaining the certificate.

(4) The registrar may issue a certificate by certifying—

(a) some or all of the particulars that are in the most recent entry in the register for a stated registrable event; or

(b) that no entry was located in the register about the stated registrable event.

(5) A certificate must not state a person’s residential address if the person has satisfied the registrar that, because of exceptional circumstances, the person’s residential address should not be disclosed on the certificate.

Examples of exceptional circumstances—

1 The person is protected by a domestic violence order made under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 or an interstate order or registered New Zealand order under part 6 of that Act.

2 The registrar is satisfied that the person’s residential address should not be disclosed for the purpose of protecting the person or a person associated with the person.

(6) A certificate, other than a certificate containing historical information, must not contain—

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

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

(c) information prescribed by regulation.

(7) The registrar may issue a certificate electronically.

(8) A certificate is admissible in proceedings as evidence of its contents.