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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

2: Commencement

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This Act has different start dates. You need to know when each part starts. Some parts start on the day after the Royal assent. The Royal assent is when the Governor-General agrees to make the Act law. Some parts, like section 144, start on the day after the Royal assent. Other parts start on the third anniversary of the Royal assent, like section 12(3), section 39, and section 98(2)‎(b)‎(ii). The rest of the Act starts on a date set by the government, or 18 months after the Royal assent. An Order in Council is a type of law made by the government, and it is considered secondary legislation, which is explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. You can find more information about this in the Legislation Act.

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2Commencement

  1. This Act comes into force as follows:

  2. section 144 (which contains regulation-making powers) comes into force on the day after the date of Royal assent:
    1. the following provisions come into force on the third anniversary of the date of Royal assent:
      1. section 12(3) (which enables a parent notifying the birth of a child to specify whether they wish to appear as mother, father, or parent on the birth certificate):
        1. section 39 (which requires a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner to provide a preliminary notice of death to the Registrar-General):
          1. section 98(2)(b)(ii) (which requires the Registrar-General to include, in the access register kept under that section, information about a person requesting access to information on behalf of another person):
          2. the rest of this Act comes into force—
            1. on a date set by Order in Council; or
              1. to the extent not brought into force earlier, 18 months after Royal assent.

              2. An Order in Council made under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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