Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999
Western Australia
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999
Contents
Citation 1
Commencement 1
Term used in these regulations 1
Fees 1
Prescribed kinds of sex or gender 4
Persons and bodies to whom Registrar may allow access to particulars or issue birth certificate (s. 36Q(4)(b)) 4
Fee to accompany application for registration of certificate 5
Prescribed public authorities (Act s. 35B(2)) 5
Notes
Compilation table 6
Defined terms
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999
1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the *Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999.*
2. Commencement
These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 comes into operation.
3. Term used in these regulations
In these regulations —
10 year search means a search about a particular registrable event that is conducted in the Register, an index to the Register or both in respect of a period of 10 consecutive years or less.
[Regulation 3 inserted: Gazette 15 Jun 2007 p. 2786.]
4. Fees
The fees set out in column 3 of the Table to this regulation are payable in respect of the corresponding matters set out in column 2 of the Table.
Table
Item
Matter
Fee<br>$
Certificates and searches
1.
Certified copy of a registration other than one provided under item 3, 4, 8 or 9 (including one 10 year search)
58.00
2.
Certified copy of an acknowledgment document (see section 36ZA(1) of the Act)
55.00
3.
Commemorative certificate (including one 10 year search and a certified copy of the registration)
68.00
4.
Certified copy of a registration at least 75 years old
38.00
5.
Uncertified copy of a registration
24.00
6.
Each 10 year search other than one provided under item 1 or 3 (including a Result of Search certificate)
35.00
Registrations and changes to Register
7.
Application for registration of a change of name
200.00
8.
Application for an addition to, or correction of, information in respect of a registration (including one certified copy of the amended registration)
58.00
9.
Application to change a child’s name, in respect of a birth registration, within 12 months after the child’s birth (including one certified copy of the amended registration)
58.00
10.
Application under section 36J(1), 36K(1) or 36P(1) of the Act
190.00
Miscellaneous
11.
Processing the issue of a certificate in priority to other applicants (in addition to the certificate fee)
44.00
12.
Manual validation of a document on request of a user of the national Document Verification Service
10.00
13.
Provision of bulk information from the Register
550.00 per year
14.
Matching of information in the Register
220.00 per request
15.
Application for a copy of a document given to the Registrar in relation to the registration of a registrable event or the notation of an entry in a register
50.00
16.
Application under section 36T(1), 36U(1) or 36Z(1) of the Act
190.00
[Regulation 4 inserted: Gazette 15 Jun 2007 p. 2786-7; amended: Gazette 12 Jun 2009 p. 2116-17; 26 Jun 2015 p. 2255; 24 Jun 2016 p. 2318-19; 25 Aug 2017 p. 4567‑8; 28 Jun 2019 p. 2554‑5; SL 2021/101 r. 4; SL 2022/111 r. 4; SL 2023/120 r. 4; SL 2024/113 r. 4; SL 2025/82 r. 4; SL 2025/111 r. 4.]
5. Prescribed kinds of sex or gender
For the purposes of the sections of the Act listed in the Table, the following kinds of sex or gender are prescribed —
(a) female;
(b) male;
(c) non‑binary.
Table
s. 36J(2)(b)
s. 36K(2)(b)
s. 36L(2)
s. 36M(3)
s. 36N(2)
s. 36T(2)(b)
s. 36U(2)(b)
s. 36V(2)
s. 36W(3)
s. 36X(2)
[Regulation 5 inserted: SL 2025/82 r. 5.]
6. Persons and bodies to whom Registrar may allow access to particulars or issue birth certificate (s. 36Q(4)(b))
(1) In this regulation —
guardian, except in subregulation (2)(a), has the meaning given in the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 section 3(1);
represented person has the meaning given in the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 section 3(1).
(2) The Registrar may allow access to the particulars referred to in section 36Q(3)(a) of the Act, or issue a birth certificate for a person showing both the person’s sex or gender before the person’s registration was changed and the person’s sex or gender after the person’s registration was changed, if an application requesting the access or issue of a certificate is made by any of the following persons or bodies —
(a) if the person is under the age of 18 years — a parent or guardian of the person;
(b) a guardian of the person, if the person has reached the age of 18 years and is a represented person who has a guardian appointed under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990;
(c) if the person is deceased — the executor or administrator of the estate of the person;
(d) the chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Children and Community Services Act 2004.
[Regulation 6 inserted: SL 2025/82 r. 5.]
7. Fee to accompany application for registration of certificate
For the purposes of section 70A(b) of the Act, an application referred to in the Gender Reassignment Act 2000 section 17(3) must be accompanied by a fee of $55.
[Regulation 7 inserted: SL 2025/82 r. 5.]
8. Prescribed public authorities (Act s. 35B(2))
For the purposes of section 35B(2) of the Act, the Department of Internal Affairs of New Zealand is a public authority within the meaning given in section 35B(1)(c) of the Act.
Note for this regulation:
The Department of Internal Affairs of New Zealand is a department listed in the Public Service Act 2020 (NZ) Schedule 2 Part 1.
[Regulation 8 inserted: SL 2025/220 r. 4.]
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Notes
This is a compilation of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.
Compilation table
Citation
Published
Commencement
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999
12 Mar 1999 p. 1163‑5
14 Apr 1999 (see r. 2 and Gazette 9 Apr 1999 p. 1433)
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2000
1 Sep 2000 p. 5010‑11 (correction 8 Sep 2000 p. 5188)
1 Sep 2000
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2002
30 Jul 2002 p. 3529
30 Jul 2002
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2003
1 Jul 2003 p. 2661‑3
1 Jul 2003 (see r. 2)
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2004
29 Jun 2004 p. 2531‑2
1 Jul 2004 (see r. 2)
Reprint 1: The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999 as at 28 Jan 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2007
15 Jun 2007 p. 2786-7
r. 1 and 2: 15 Jun 2007 (see r. 2(a));<br>Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2007 (see r. 2(b))
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2009
12 Jun 2009 p. 2116-17
r. 1 and 2: 12 Jun 2009 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2009 (see r. 2(b))
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2015
26 Jun 2015 p. 2254‑5
r. 1 and 2: 26 Jun 2015 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2015 (see r. 2(b))
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2016
24 Jun 2016 p. 2318-19
r. 1 and 2: 24 Jun 2016 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2016 (see r. 2(b))
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2017
25 Aug 2017 p. 4567‑8
r. 1 and 2: 25 Aug 2017 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Oct 2017 (see r. 2(b))
Attorney General Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2019 Pt. 2
28 Jun 2019 p. 2553‑642
1 Jul 2019 (see r. 2(b))
Attorney General Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2021 Pt. 2
SL 2021/101 29 Jun 2021
1 Jul 2021 (see r. 2(b))
Attorney General Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2022 Pt. 2
SL 2022/111 30 Jun 2022
1 Jul 2022 (see r. 2(b))
Attorney General Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2023 Pt. 2
SL 2023/120 2 Aug 2023
3 Aug 2023 (see r. 2(b))
Attorney General Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2024 Pt. 2
SL 2024/113 26 Jun 2024
1 Jul 2024 (see r. 2(b))
Attorney General Regulations Amendment (Births, Deaths and Marriages) Regulations 2025 Pt. 2
SL 2025/82 28 May 2025
30 May 2025 (see r. 2(b))
Attorney General Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2025 Pt. 2
SL 2025/111 25 Jun 2025
1 Jul 2025 (see r. 2(b))
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2025
SL 2025/220 23 Dec 2025
r. 1 and 2: 23 Dec 2025 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 24 Dec 2025 (see r. 2(b))
Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
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