45Issue of certificates

45 Issue of certificates (1) On completing a search of the register under section 43 (2), the registrar-general must issue a certificate— (a) certifying the particulars contained in an entry that, having regard to subsections (2) and (3) and section 44, may be provided; or (b) certifying that no entry was located in the register about the relevant registrable event. (2) For subsection (1) (a), if an entry in the register includes the word ‘illegitimate’, or any other term indicating that a child was born outside marriage, the entry is taken not to include the word or term. (3) For subsection (1) (a), if an entry in the register relates to a death and a manner of death is recorded, the entry is taken not to include the manner of death. Note 1 The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024, s 82 (3) requires notice to be given to the registrar-general about the manner of death of a deceased person. Note 2 The registrar-general must give the Voluntary Assisted Dying Oversight Board information about a death (including any recorded manner of death) in certain circumstances (see Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024, s 123).

Access to, and certification of, register entries Division 7.3 (4) On completing a search of the register under section 43 (2), the registrar-general may also issue an integrated birth certificate to an adopted person if the person has requested the certificate and the registrar-general is satisfied that— (i) the person’s birth was registered in the ACT and an adoption order in relation to the person was made in the ACT or another State or Territory; or (ii) the person was born in a country outside Australia and an adoption order in relation to the person was made in the ACT; and (b) the adopted person is entitled to access information in relation to their adoption under the Adoption Act 1993, part 5. (5) In this section: integrated birth certificate, in relation to an adopted person, means a certificate about the person’s birth that includes information included on the register— (a) about the adopted person’s parents, and any siblings included on the register at the time of registration of the person’s birth; and (b) about the date of the adoption; and (c) about the adopted person’s parents, and any siblings included on the register at the time of registration of the person’s adoption; and (d) prescribed by regulation as required on an integrated birth