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Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
488JApplications for change of name by or on behalf of a detainee
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488J Applications for change of name by or on behalf of a detainee
(1) A detainee must not make a change of name application to a Registrar without having first obtained the written approval of the Secretary.
1. For a detainee under the age of 15 years, 1 penalty unit;
In any other case, 5 penalty units.
(2) A person must not make a change of name application to a Registrar on behalf of a detainee unless the written approval of the Secretary is first obtained.
1. For a person under the age of 15 years, 1 penalty unit;
In any other case, 5 penalty units.
S. 488J(3) repealed by No. 25/2019 s. 24.
S. 488K inserted by No. 48/2006 s. 24.