Victorian Current Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 30A

    (1)     A person who is aged 18 years or over may apply to the Registrar for the record of the person's sex in the person's birth registration to be altered if—

        (a)     the person's birth is registered in Victoria; and

        (b)     the person believes the person's sex to be as nominated in the application; and

        (c)     the record of the person's sex has not been altered within the 12 months preceding the date of making the application.

    (2)     The applicant must nominate a sex descriptor in the application.

    (3)     The application must—

        (a)     be in the form approved by the Registrar; and

        (b)     include a statutory declaration made by the applicant that addresses the requirements of subsection (1); and

        (c)     be accompanied by—

              (i)     a supporting statement in accordance with subsection (4); and

              (ii)     the prescribed fee (if any); and

              (iii)     any other documents or information reasonably required by the Registrar.

    (4)     A supporting statement must—

        (a)     be in the form approved by the Registrar; and

        (b)     be made by a person who is aged 18 years or over and who has known the applicant for at least 12 months; and

        (c)     state that the person making the supporting statement—

              (i)     believes that the applicant makes the application to alter the record of the sex of the applicant in good faith; and

              (ii)     supports the application.

S. 30B inserted by No. 29/2004 s. 5, amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 15), substituted by No. 25/2019 s. 8.