19EApplications for change of name by or on behalf of registrable person

19E Applications for change of name by or on behalf of registrable person

19E Applications for change of name by or on behalf of registrable person

(1) A registrable person must not without reasonable excuse—

(a) apply to the NSW Registrar to register a change of his or her name under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995, or

(b) apply to an interstate Registrar to register a change of his or her name under a law of another State or Territory that is the equivalent of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995,

without having first obtained the written approval of the Commissioner of Police.

Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.

(2) A person must not without reasonable excuse, on behalf of a registrable person—

(a) apply to the NSW Registrar to register a change of the registrable person’s name under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995, or

(b) apply to an interstate Registrar to register a change of the registrable person’s name under a law of another State or Territory that is the equivalent of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995,

without having first obtained the written approval of the Commissioner of Police.

Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.

s 19E: Ins 2007 No 87, Sch 1 [28]. Am 2014 No 54, Sch 1 [40] [41].