27Showing information about sex on birth certificate

27 Showing information about sex on birth certificate (1) The registrar-general may issue a birth certificate for a person that includes information about the person’s sex. (2) However, information about a person’s sex must not be included on a birth certificate if— (a) any of the following people requests, in writing, that the information not be included on the certificate: (i) the person; (ii) a parent of, or a person with parental responsibility for, the person; and (b) for a request that relates to a child who is at least 14 years old— the registrar-general is satisfied that the child either consents to the request or cannot understand the meaning or implications of the request. (3) If the registrar-general issues a birth certificate that includes information about the sex of a person whose record of sex has been altered, the birth certificate— (a) must show the person’s record of sex as altered; and

(b) must not show any word or statement to the effect that the person’s record of sex has been altered. (4) However, the registrar-general may issue a birth certificate that includes information about a person’s sex before, or both before and after, the alteration of the person’s record of sex if any of the following people requests, in writing, that the information be included: (a) the person; (b) a child of the person; (c) a person prescribed by regulation. Note Section 21 deals with showing a person’s former name on a birth certificate after registering a change of name.