Victorian Current Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 6

The Registrar's general functions are—

S. 6(a) amended by No. 12/2008 s. 73(1)(Sch.  1 item 4.2).

        (a)     to establish and maintain the registers necessary for the purposes of this Act and the Relationships Act 2008 ; and

S. 6(b) amended by No. 12/2008 s. 73(1)(Sch.  1 item 4.3).

        (b)     to administer the registration system established by this Act and the Relationships Act 2008 and ensure that they operate efficiently, effectively and economically; and

S. 6(ba) inserted by No. 36/2004 s. 17, amended by No. 77/2008 s. 129(Sch.  2 item 3.2).

        (ba)     to provide information in relation to reviewable deaths for the purposes of the Coroners Act 2008 and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Act 1985 including information in relation to—

              (i)     the identification of living siblings; and

              (ii)     known or registered previous child deaths including neonatal deaths; and

S. 6(bb) inserted by No. 76/2008 s. 151.

        (bb)     to perform functions given to the Registrar by the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 ; and

S. 6(c) amended by No. 12/2008 s. 73(1)(Sch.  1 item 4.4).

        (c)     to ensure that this Act and the Relationships Act 2008 are administered in the way best calculated to achieve the objects of this Act and the Relationships Act 2008 .

S. 7 substituted by No. 46/1998
s. 7(Sch. 1), amended by Nos 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch.  3 item 19), 12/2008 s. 73(1)(Sch.  1 item 4.5).