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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998
Part 5AChanges of registration of sex or gender and issue of acknowledgment documents
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Part 5A — Changes of registration of sex or gender and issue of acknowledgment documents
Division 1 — Preliminary
36I. Terms used 35
Division 2 — Change of registration of sex or gender
36J. Application to Registrar by person 18 years or more 36
36K. Application to Registrar to change registration of sex or gender of child 12 years or more 36
36L. Application to Family Court by parent or guardian of child 12 years or more 38
36M. Application to Family Court by child 12 years or more 39
36N. Application to Family Court by parent or guardian of child under 12 years 40
36O. Application by CEO (Children and Community Services) 41
36P. Application to Registrar if Family Court order made 41
36Q. Entries on, and access to, Register and issue of certificates 42
36R. Entitlement not affected by change of registration of sex or gender 43
36S. Interaction with other laws 43
Division 3 — Western Australian residents born outside of Australia
36T. Application to Registrar for acknowledgment document by person 18 years or more 44
36U. Application to Registrar for acknowledgment document for child 12 years or more 45
36V. Application to Family Court by parent or guardian of child 12 years or more 46
36W. Application to Family Court by child 12 years or more 47
36X. Application to Family Court by parent or guardian of child under 12 years 48
36Y. Application by CEO (Children and Community Services) 49
36Z. Application to Registrar if Family Court order made 50
36ZA. Issue of acknowledgment document 50
36ZB. Entitlement not affected by issue of acknowledgment document 51
36ZC. Interaction with other laws 51
Division 4 — Restrictions on changes of registration and issue of acknowledgment documents
36ZD. Terms used 52
36ZE. Restrictions on change of registration based on frequency of change 52
36ZF. Restrictions on issue of acknowledgment document based on frequency of issue 53
36ZG. Supervisory authority approval required in relation to restricted person 54
36ZH. Application by restricted person 54
36ZI. Application on behalf of restricted person 55
36ZJ. Approval by supervisory authority 55
36ZK. Notice of decision by Registrar 56
36ZL. Supervisory authority to give documents and information 57
36ZM. Delegation by chief executive officers 58