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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999
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### 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.
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> > (2) Notice is to –
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> > > > (a) be in writing or in any other manner or form approved by the Registrar; and
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> > > > (b) include any particulars the Registrar requires.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
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> > (3) The notice must be given –
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> > > > (a) in the case of a live birth, within 21 days after birth; or
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> > > > (b) in the case of a stillbirth, within 48 hours after birth.
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> > (4) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (4) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-07-01/act-2010-003#JS1@Ja8@GC2@Hpa@EN) 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.
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> > (5) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (5) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-07-01/act-2010-003#JS1@Ja8@GC2@Hpb@EN) 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.
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> > (6) In this section,
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> > > ***responsible person*** means –
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> > > > > (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
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> > > > > (b) in any other case –
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> > > > > > > (i) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (6) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-07-01/act-2010-003#JS1@Ja8@GC2@Hpc@EN) the medical practitioner or midwife responsible for the professional care of the mother at the birth; or
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> > > > > > > (ii) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (6) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-07-01/act-2010-003#JS1@Ja8@GC2@Hpd@EN) if no medical practitioner or midwife was in attendance at the birth, any other person in attendance at the birth.