Queensland Numbered Acts

MERIBA OMASKER KAZIW KAZIPA (TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER TRADITIONAL CHILD REARING PRACTICE) ACT 2020 - SECT 64

64 Entitlement to certificate, information relating to particular entries

(1) This section applies to each of the following persons—

(a) a person who was an applicant for a cultural recognition order that was made by the commissioner;

(b) an adult who was the subject of a cultural recognition order;

(c) if a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) has a guardian—the person’s guardian.

(2) On request by a person mentioned in subsection (1) , the commissioner must give the person an authorisation to obtain a certificate, information, source document or a copy of the cultural recognition order under this section.

(3) However, the authorisation may exclude information if the commissioner is satisfied that allowing access to the certificate, information, source document or the copy of the cultural recognition order would be an unreasonable invasion of a person’s privacy or otherwise unreasonably harm a person’s interests.

Example—

The authorisation may exclude a part of a document showing a person’s birth was the result of a sexual offence.

(4) The person may make an application under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 , section 44 , accompanied by an authorisation from the commissioner, for the requested information mentioned in that section to which the authorisation relates.

(5) The registrar must grant the application if it relates to an entry about the cultural recognition order in the register of births and the cultural recognition register.

(6) A certificate or copy of a source document given under this section and relating to a closed entry must be endorsed ‘Not to be used for official purposes’.

(7) In this section—

"certificate" see the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 , schedule 2 .

"closed entry" means an entry that has been closed under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 , section 14 , 41DA or 41DB .

"cultural recognition register" see the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 , schedule 2 , definition relevant child register .

"source document" see the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 , schedule 2 .