Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES ACT REGULATIONS 1963 - REG 21

21 .         Information paper as to birth of legitimated child signed by one parent only

        (1)         Where the prescribed birth information paper relating to the birth of a legitimated child is signed by one parent of the child only, the birth of the legitimated child shall not be registered unless — 

            (a)         particulars of the father have already been entered in the register in accordance with section 21 of the Act or the father has acknowledged paternity by signing the register at the time the birth of the child was first registered; or

            (b)         evidence is produced to the Registrar General that an affiliation order against the father has been made by a court of competent jurisdiction in respect of the child; or

            (c)         there is produced to the Registrar General an order declaring the child to be legitimate, made by the Supreme Court of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth, or a certified copy of the order.

        (2)         The parent furnishing the information paper shall furnish to the Registrar General, if he so requires, a certified copy of the registration of the marriage of the parents of the child, or such other evidence of that marriage as the Registrar General requires.

        (3)         The parent furnishing the information paper shall furnish such other evidence as to the legitimation of the child as the Registrar General requires.