Queensland Numbered Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2023 - SECT 26

26 Application to register change of adult person’s name

(1) An adult person may apply to register a change of the person’s name only if—

(a) the person’s birth or adoption was registered in Queensland; or

(b) both of the following apply—

(i) the person was born outside Australia and the person’s birth was not registered in another State; and

(ii) the person has been ordinarily resident in Queensland for at least 12 consecutive months immediately before the person makes the application.

(2) Despite any restriction in subsection (1) , the registrar may accept an application to register a change of an adult person’s name if the registrar is satisfied there are exceptional circumstances for accepting the application.

(3) Despite any restriction in subsection (1) (b) (ii) , the registrar may accept an application to register a change of an adult person’s name if—

(a) the application relates to a marriage or divorce of the person; or

(b) the registrar is satisfied the application is for the purpose of protecting the person, a child of the person or another person associated with the person.

Example for paragraph (b)—

The application is for the purpose of protecting the adult person or a child of the adult person from domestic violence.

(4) An application made 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.

(5) In this section—

"register a change" , of an adult person’s name, means register a change of the person’s name in the change of name register.