6December 2025. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting

6 December 2025. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 6 December 2025. The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. Kinds of republications The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au): • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies • unauthorised republications. The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page. Editorial changes The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice. This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1). Uncommenced provisions and amendments If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register. Modifications If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95. Penalties At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133). contents 1 Page 1 Name of Act 2 2 Dictionary 2 3 Notes 2 4 Meaning of adult and child 3 4A Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc 3 4B Meaning of birth parent—pt 2 4 5 Notification of births 4 6 Meaning of birth registration statement for div 2.2 6 Page contents 2 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997 7 When registration of birth is required or authorised 6 8 Responsibility to have birth registered 6 9 How to have the birth of a child registered 7 10 Obligation to have birth registered 8 11 How births are registered 8 12 Name of child 9 13 Dispute about child’s name 9 14 Registration of parentage details 9 15 Jurisdiction of Supreme Court to order registration of birth 10 16 Addition or alteration of details of parentage after registration of birth 10 16A Registration of parentage order 13 16B Re-registration of birth if parentage order made 13 17 Change of name by registration 15 18 Application to register change of adult’s name 15 19 Application by parent to register change of child’s name 15 19A Application by young person to register change of given name 17 20 Registration of change of name 17 21 Change of name entries in register 19 22 Change of name may still be established by repute or usage 20 22A Definitions—div 3.2 20 22B Application for approval for restricted person to make change of name application 21 22C Decision on s 22B application 21 22D Notice of decision 22 22E Offences—restriction on change of name application by restricted person etc 22 22F Registrar-general must not register change of name without relevant director-general’s approval 23 22G Registrar-general may correct register 23 Page contents 3 22H Information-sharing 24 22I Protection of security sensitive information 24 22J ACAT or court review—security sensitive information 25 24 Application to alter register to record change of sex 27 25 Evidence in support of application 28 26 Alteration of register 29 27 Showing information about sex on birth certificate 29 28 Use of old birth certificate to deceive 30 29 Entitlement not affected by change of sex 31 Division 4.2 ACT residents with birth registered elsewhere 29A Application for recognised details certificate 31 29B Evidence in support of application for recognised details certificate 32 29C Issue of recognised details certificate 33 29D Effect of recognised details certificate and interstate recognised details certificate 33 Division 4.3 Nominating sex in applications under this part 29DA Nominating sex in applications under this part 34 29E Application by young person for leave to apply for change of given name or sex etc 35 29EA Copy of birth certificate for ACAT 36 29F Notification about application 36 29G ACAT hearing an application for leave etc 38 29H ACAT deciding an application for leave 40 29I Copy of order for registrar-general 41 30 When registration of marriages is required 42 31 How to have a marriage registered 42 32 How marriages are registered 42 Page contents 4 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997 32A Registration of civil union 43 32B How civil union is registered 43 32C Particulars of end of civil union 44 Part 5B Civil partnerships 32D Particulars of civil partnership 45 32E Particulars of end of civil partnership 45 Division 6.1 When registration of deaths is required or authorised 33 When registration to happen 46 34 Circumstances in which deaths are not to be registered 47 35 Notification of deaths by doctors 47 36 Certificates of deaths subject to inquests 48 37 Notification by funeral directors etc 48 38 How deaths are registered 50 38A Information about tissue donation 51 39 The register 52 40 Correction of register 52 Division 7.2 Inquiries 41 Registrar-general’s powers of inquiry 53 42 Access to register 54 43 Search of register 55 44 Protection of privacy 56 45 Issue of certificates 56 46 Access policies 58 47 Registrar-general may collect other information 58 Page contents 5 48 Additional services 59 50 Unauthorised access to, or interference with, register 60 51 Confiscation of forged etc instruments 60 52 Confiscation of erroneous or false instruments 61 Part 8 Notification and review of decisions 53 Meaning of reviewable decision—pt 8 63 54 Reviewable decision notices 63 55 Applications for review 63 65 Certificate evidence 64 66 Arrangements with States and other Territories 65 67 Determination of fees 66 68 Power to remit fees 66 69 Approved forms 66 70 Regulation-making power 66 Schedule 1 Reviewable decisions 68 Dictionary 69 1 About the endnotes 72 2 Abbreviation key 72 3 Legislation history 73 4 Amendment history 79 5 Earlier republications 91 6 Expired transitional or validating provisions 93 An Act relating to the registration of births, deaths, marriages, civil unions, civil partnerships and changes of name and sex, and for related purposes