Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997
41Registrar-general’s powers of inquiry
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41 Registrar-general’s powers of inquiry (1) The registrar-general may conduct the inquiries that the registrar-general considers appropriate to find out— (a) whether a registrable event has happened; or (b) particulars of a registrable event; or (c) whether particulars of a particular registrable event have been correctly recorded in the register. (2) The registrar-general may, by notice given to a person who, in the registrar-general’s opinion, may be able to provide information relevant to an inquiry under this section, require the person to answer a specified question or to provide other information within a time and in a way specified in the notice. notice given to the person under subsection (2). Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
Division 7.3 Access to, and certification of, register entries