11Notification of births

11 Notification of births

(1)  When a child is born in the State, the responsible person must give notice of the birth to the Registrar.

(2)  Notice is to –

(a) be in writing or in any other manner or form approved by the Registrar; and

(b) include any particulars the Registrar requires.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(3)  The notice must be given –

(a) in the case of a live birth, within 21 days after birth; or

(b) in the case of a stillbirth, within 48 hours after birth.

(4)  [Section 11 Subsection (4) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010] When notice of a stillbirth is given, the responsible person must also give the Registrar a medical practitioner's certificate in a form approved by the Registrar, certifying the cause of foetal death.

(5)  [Section 11 Subsection (5) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010] The certificate must be completed by the medical practitioner responsible for the professional care of the mother at the birth or a medical practitioner who examined the body of the stillborn child after the birth.

(6)  In this section,

responsible person means –

(a) in the case of a child born in a hospital or brought to a hospital within 24 hours after birth, the chief executive officer of the hospital; or

(b) in any other case –

(i) [Section 11 Subsection (6) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010] the medical practitioner or midwife responsible for the professional care of the mother at the birth; or

(ii) if no medical practitioner or midwife was in attendance at the birth, any other person in attendance at the birth.