Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995
32HEffect of alteration of record etc
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32H Effect of alteration of record etc
32H Effect of alteration of record etc
(1) A person whose record of sex is altered under this part is, for the purposes of a law of this State, a person of the sex stated in the altered record.
(2) A person for whom a registration of an acknowledgement of sex is recorded under this part is, for the purposes of a law of this State, a person of the sex stated in the record.
(3) A person for whom a recognition certificate is in force is, for the purposes of a law of this State, a person of the sex stated in the recognition certificate.
(4) This section is subject to any other Act.
Note—
Nothing in this part changes access to toilets, change rooms, sport or allocation in correctional facilities, women’s refuges or any other place.
s 32H: Ins 1996 No 22, Sch 2 (4). Rep 2008 No 53, Sch 1 [7]. Ins 2024 No 71, Sch 1[4].