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Corrections Act 1986
47RRequest for information from the Victorian Registrar
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47R Request for information from the Victorian Registrar
(1) The Secretary may—
(a) request the Victorian Registrar to give the Secretary information concerning—
(i) all of the alterations of the record of a prisoner's sex in the prisoner's birth registration; or
(ii) all of the documents issued acknowledging the name and sex of a prisoner; and
(b) for the purpose of that request, give the Victorian Registrar any information concerning the prisoner that is necessary to conduct a search of the birth registration of the prisoner or for documents issued acknowledging the name and sex of the prisoner.
(2) The Secretary must not make a request under subsection (1) unless the request is reasonably necessary to receive information in respect of a prisoner for—
(a) the administration of Corrections legislation as defined in section 104ZX; or
(b) the purpose of the provision of services related to the health of the prisoner.