43Early notification of births

43 Early notification of births

(1) If a child is born in Victoria notice of the birth of the child (the birth notice) must be given by the responsible person to—

(a) the Chief Executive Officer of the council of the municipal district in which the mother of the child usually resides; or

(b) if the municipal district is not known to the person giving notice, the Chief Executive Officer of the council of the municipal district in which the birth occurs; or

S. 43(1)(c) amended by Nos 79/2012 s. 78, 63/2015 s. 12.

(c) if the mother of the child usually resides outside Victoria, the Secretary to the Department of Education and Training.

(2) The notice must be in the prescribed form.

(3) In this section, responsible person has the same meaning as it has in section 12 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996.