Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A person responsible for having the birth of a child registered must ensure that a birth registration statement is lodged with the Registrar within 60 days after the date of the birth.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) However, the Registrar must accept a birth registration statement even though it is lodged after the end of the 60 day period.
(3) The Registrar may request that further information be provided to support the birth registration statement at any time before the Registrar registers the birth.