Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill 1998

Bill No.

122

Long Title

The purpose of the Bill is to enable freedom of choice in the naming of a child at the time of registration of birth, including the recognition of traditional and religious naming procedures of all ethnic groups. The Bill also recognises the current method of computerised registration and generation of certificates and promotes the development of further proposals for electronic access and collection of registration information. The Bill provides a formal requirement for hospitals, or in other cases the doctor or midwife, responsible for the professional care of a mother at birth, to notify the Registrar of a birth. The Registrar will have greater scope to record parentage details in the register on the application of one parent. The Bill will also enable the registration of a death of a person who dies outside the Commonwealth but is domiciled or ordinarily resident in the State or leaves property in the State. The provision is intended to provide the next of kin with easy access to a death certificate.

Status

Assented to 10/30/1998
Royal Assent given 30 Oct 1998 as Act No. 39/98 of 1998. Different sections of this Act come into operation on Royal Assent and Proclamation. For details refer to Commencement Clause of the Bill (see also Assent and Commencement information for Acts)

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