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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.291Destruction of birth certificate created under s 290
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### sec.291 Destruction of birth certificate created under s 290
This section applies in relation to a birth certificate created under a birth certificate approval (a created birth certificate ).
As soon as practicable after the authority or corresponding authority for an assumed identity to which the created birth certificate relates is cancelled, the chief executive officer of the law enforcement agency or intelligence agency for which the certificate was created—
must cause the created birth certificate to be destroyed; and
must notify the registrar-general that the created birth certificate is no longer being used and has been destroyed.
s 291 ins 2005 No. 45 s 12
amd 2016 No. 42 s 17
(sec.291-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a birth certificate created under a birth certificate approval (a created birth certificate ).
(sec.291-ssec.2) As soon as practicable after the authority or corresponding authority for an assumed identity to which the created birth certificate relates is cancelled, the chief executive officer of the law enforcement agency or intelligence agency for which the certificate was created— must cause the created birth certificate to be destroyed; and must notify the registrar-general that the created birth certificate is no longer being used and has been destroyed.
- (a) must cause the created birth certificate to be destroyed; and
- (b) must notify the registrar-general that the created birth certificate is no longer being used and has been destroyed.