Victorian Numbered Acts

SERIOUS OFFENDERS ACT 2018 (NO. 27 OF 2018) - SECT 262

    (1)     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 an offender; and

              (ii)     the change of name relates to the name of the offender; and

        (b)     the Victorian Registrar has not received a copy of the notice of approval of the Authority to the application under section 260.

    (2)     If the Victorian Registrar does not register a change of name because of the operation of subsection (1), the Victorian Registrar must give written notice of the change of name application to the chairperson of the Authority.