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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995
32BApplication to Registrar by person 18 years of age or more about alteration of record of person’s sex
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#### 32B Application to Registrar by person 18 years of age or more about alteration of record of person’s sex
32B Application to Registrar by person 18 years of age or more about alteration of record of person’s sex
> > (1) A person may apply to the Registrar to have a record of the person’s sex, specified in the application, altered if—
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> > > (a) the person is 18 years of age or more, and
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> > > (b) the person’s birth is registered in this State.
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> > (2) An application under subsection (1) must be—
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> > > (a) in the approved form, and
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> > > (b) accompanied by a statutory declaration in which the person declares that the person—
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> > > > (i) identifies as being of the sex specified in the declaration, and
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> > > > (ii) lives, or seeks to live, as a person of that sex, and
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> > > (c) accompanied by a support statement by an adult who has known the applicant for at least 12 months stating that—
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> > > > (i) the adult believes the person is making the application in good faith, and
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> > > > (ii) the adult supports the person in making the application, and
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> > > (d) accompanied by any other document or information the Registrar reasonably requires in relation to the sex of the person.
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> > Note—
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> > See the [Oaths Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-020), sections 25 and 25A, which provide for penalties for making a false statutory declaration, and this Act, section 57, which provides for penalties for giving the Registrar false information.
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> > (3) The applicant must nominate a sex descriptor in the application.
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> **s 32B:** Ins 1996 No 22, Sch 2 (4). Am 2008 No 53, Sch 1 \[4\]; 2018 No 28, Sch 3 \[1\] \[2\]. Subst 2024 No 71, Sch 1\[4\].