34ACChange of name

34AC Change of name

[Section 34AC Inserted by No. 52 of 2016, s. 15, Applied:01 Dec 2017]

(1)  In this section –

change of name application means an application to a Registrar for the registration of a change of a prisoner's or detainee's name;

make an application, includes causing or allowing the application to be made on one's behalf;

Register means the Tasmanian Register or the equivalent Register of another State or a Territory;

Registrar means –

(a) the Tasmanian Registrar; or

(b) an authority responsible, under a law of another State or a Territory, for the registration of births, deaths and marriages;

Tasmanian Register means the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999 ;

Tasmanian Registrar means the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages appointed or employed under section 4 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999 .

(2)  A prisoner or detainee must not make a change of name application without the consent of the Director, given specifically for that application.

(3)  In determining whether to give consent for a prisoner or detainee to make a change of name application, the Director may have regard to such matters as he or she thinks fit in the circumstances, including –

(a) whether the proposed change of name could reasonably be expected to excite adverse community reaction, particularly from victims of crime; and

(b) whether there is any risk that the proposed change of name could be used for unlawful or improper ends (including disguise or evasion); and