Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997
29AApplication for recognised details certificate
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29A Application for recognised details certificate (1) A person may apply to the registrar-general for a document that acknowledges a person’s name and sex (a recognised details certificate) if— (a) the person is— young person to apply; and (b) the person is domiciled or resident in the ACT; and (c) the person’s birth is registered in a place other than the ACT; and
Division 4.2 ACT residents with birth registered elsewhere (d) the person believes their sex to be the sex nominated in the (2) The parents of, or a person with parental responsibility for, a child may apply to the registrar-general for a recognised details certificate for the child if— (a) the child is domiciled or resident in the ACT; and (b) the child’s birth is registered in a place other than the ACT; and (c) the parents, or person with parental responsibility, believe on reasonable grounds that a recognised details certificate for the child is in the best interests of the child. (3) However, an application under subsection (2) may be made by 1 parent if— (a) the applicant is the only parent named in a register kept under a corresponding law or the law of any place outside Australia; or (b) there is no other surviving parent of the child. (4) An application under this section must set out, or be accompanied by, the particulars prescribed by regulation.