48Additional services

48 Additional services (1) The registrar-general may enter into an agreement or arrangement with a person for the provision of services in relation to the discharge of a function under this Act. Note A provision of a law that gives an entity (including a person) a function also gives the entity the powers necessary and convenient to exercise the function (see Legislation Act, s 196 (1) and dict, pt 1, def entity). (2) The services that may be provided under subsection (1) include, but are not limited to, the provision of— (a) information in the form of a decorative certificate or other document; or (b) information from records maintained under section 47; or (c) information, whether from the register or from records maintained under section 47, prepared in a form that facilitates historical or genealogical research. (3) The registrar-general may charge, for the provision of a service under this section, the fee that is agreed with the recipient of the service. (4) A fee under subsection (3) is not required to bear any relationship to— (a) the cost of providing the relevant service; or (b) any fee determined under section 67 (Determination of fees). (5) An agreement or arrangement under subsection (1) is taken, because of this subsection, to include provisions to the effect that— (a) the registrar-general must not provide any service unless satisfied that the person to whom it is to be provided has an adequate reason for wanting it; and (b) for the purpose of deciding whether a reason is adequate for paragraph (a), the registrar-general is to have regard to the matters set out in section 42 (3) (a) to (d); and (c) section 44 is to apply to the provision of a service that relates to the records maintained under section 47.