Victorian Numbered Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 25 OF 2019) - SECT 16

After section 30I of the Principal Act insert —

        " 30J     Registrar to disclose alterations of record of sex or issuing of document acknowledging name and sex

    (1)     This section applies if the Registrar has been notified of the details of a person by the Justice Secretary—

        (a)     under section 47M of the Corrections Act 1986 ; or

        (b)     under section 79H of the Corrections Act 1986 ; or

        (c)     under section 264 of the Serious Offenders Act 2018 .

    (2)     As soon as practicable after altering the record of a person's sex in the person's birth registration or issuing a document acknowledging the person's name and sex, the Registrar must give the Justice Secretary written notice of the alteration of the record of the person's sex or the issuing of a document acknowledging the name and sex of the person.

    (3)     A notice under subsection (2) must include information about all alterations made to the record of the person's sex in the person's birth registration or all documents issued acknowledging the name and sex of the person.

        30K     Registrar to disclose alterations to record of sex on request of Secretary

If a request is made under section 47R of the Corrections Act 1986 , the Registrar must disclose to the Justice Secretary information about—

        (a)     all alterations made to the record of a person's sex in the person's birth registration; or

        (b)     all documents issued acknowledging the name and sex of the person.".