7CCancellation of registration

7C Cancellation of registration (1) For section 10B of the Act, the Minister may, in writing, cancel the registration of a person’s name. (2) However, the Minister must not cancel the registration unless: (a) he or she is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the registration has been made on the basis of false information; or (b) in the case of a registration relating to the birth of a person mentioned in paragraph 12 (1) (a) of the Australian Citizenship Regulations (Amendment) (Statutory Rules 1984 No. 351) — the person’s name has been registered in accordance with regulation 12 of those Regulations; and he or she considers that the purposes of the cancellation would not be achieved by a correction of the relevant information. > Note Regulation 12 of the Australian Citizenship Regulations (Amendment) is a transitional provision dealing with the registration of births under the Regulations before 30 November 1984.