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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995
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#### 6 Registrar’s general functions
6 Registrar’s general functions
> The Registrar’s general functions are—
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> > (a) to establish and maintain the registers1 necessary for the purposes of this Act and the [Relationships Register Act 2010](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-019), and
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> > (a1) to maintain the integrity of the Register and to seek to prevent identity fraud associated with the Register and the information extracted from the Register, and
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> > (b) to administer the registration system established by this Act and ensure that the system operates efficiently, effectively and economically, and
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> > (c) to ensure that this Act is administered in the way best calculated to achieve its objects.
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> Note.
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> 1The registers are collectively referred to as the “Register”. See section 43.
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> **s 6:** Am 2007 No 5, Sch 1 \[1\]; 2010 No 19, Sch 2.1 \[3\].