Queensland Numbered Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2023 - SECT 13

13 Court order relating to birth register

(1) A court, on application by an interested person or on its own initiative, may order the registrar to—

(a) register the birth of a child born in Queensland; or

(b) include or correct particulars about a child’s birth, other than the child’s name, in the register of births.

(2) However, a person may not apply for an order under subsection (1) if the person has, under section 124 , applied to QCAT for a review of a decision of the registrar in relation to the same matter.

(3) In this section—

"court" means—

(a) for particulars about a child’s parentage—the Supreme Court; or

(b) otherwise—the District Court.