Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997
22HInformation-sharing
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22H Information-sharing (1) The relevant director-general— (a) must notify the registrar-general of the following details in relation to each restricted person: (i) the restricted person’s name (including any other name by which the restricted person is or has previously been known); (ii) the restricted person’s date of birth; (iii) the restricted person’s current residential address, or if the restricted person is serving a sentence of imprisonment, the person’s residential address immediately before being taken into custody; and (b) may give the registrar-general other information necessary for the relevant director-general’s exercise of functions under this division. (2) The registrar-general— (a) if the circumstances in section 22F (a) and (b) apply—must notify the relevant director-general about the change of name application; and (b) may give the relevant director-general other information necessary for the relevant director-general’s exercise of functions under this division.