Victorian Current Acts

CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 47K

The Victorian Registrar must not register a change of name under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 if—

        (a)     the Victorian Registrar knows that—

              (i)     the application for the change of name is made by or on behalf of a prisoner; and

              (ii)     the change of name relates to the name of the prisoner or a child of the prisoner; and

        (b)     the Victorian Registrar has not received a copy of the notice of approval of the Secretary to the application under section 47J.

S. 47L inserted by No. 97/2004 s. 4.