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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registrar-General and registry - Functions, duties, and powers - Registrar-General’s powers of inquiry

128: Registrar-General’s powers of inquiry in relation to information provided or verified electronically

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"The Registrar-General can check if information is true, even if you confirmed it online."

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The Registrar-General can investigate to make sure information is true. You can be asked to confirm information is true if you verified it electronically. This can happen under the Marriage Act 1955 or the Civil Union Act 2004. The Registrar-General can also ask you to make a statutory declaration to support the information. This means you have to promise the information is true. You might be asked to do this if you verified information electronically under certain parts of the Marriage Act 1955 or the Civil Union Act 2004. In some cases, the Registrar-General can require you to appear in person to make a statutory declaration. This can happen if you verified information electronically under certain parts of the Civil Union Act 2004 or the Marriage Act 1955.

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Functions, duties, and powers: Registrar-General’s powers of inquiry

128Registrar-General’s powers of inquiry in relation to information provided or verified electronically

  1. The Registrar-General may, if the Registrar-General considers it reasonably necessary for the purposes of this Act, the Marriage Act 1955, or the Civil Union Act 2004, make inquiries to satisfy himself or herself that—

  2. any information verified electronically under any of the following provisions is true:
    1. sections 69(1)(a) and 70(1)(a) of this Act:
      1. section 11 or Schedule 1 of the Civil Union Act 2004:
        1. sections 9, 10, 23, 32B, and 42 of the Marriage Act 1955:
        2. an application, a statement, or a certificate approved electronically under any of the following provisions is approved by the required persons:
          1. clause 1 of Schedule 1 of the Civil Union Act 2004:
            1. sections 9, 10, and 32B of the Marriage Act 1955.

            2. The Registrar-General may also require a person who verifies information or a statement electronically under any of the following provisions to make a statutory declaration in support of the information or statement:

            3. sections 69(1)(a) and 70(1)(a) of this Act:
              1. clause 1 of Schedule 1 of the Civil Union Act 2004:
                1. sections 9, 10, and 32B of the Marriage Act 1955.

                  1. The Registrar-General may also require a person who verifies information electronically under section 11 of the Civil Union Act 2004 or section 23 or 42 of the Marriage Act 1955 to appear personally before the Registrar-General to make a statutory declaration in support of the information.

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