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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Creation of records for security-related purposes - Creation of new identity information

77: Minister may direct that new identity information be created for witness or undercover Police officer

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"The Minister can create a new identity for a witness or undercover police officer to keep them safe."

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The Minister can tell the Registrar-General to create new identity information for you if you are a witness or an undercover Police officer. The Minister must be satisfied it is in the interests of justice or that you will use the new identity information correctly. You can find more information about this in section 75 and section 76. The Registrar-General can create new identity information by changing or deleting information in the registry. They can also create or delete other information to support your new identity. This is done to keep your new identity information safe. If your new identity is no longer needed or has been compromised, the Registrar-General can delete, amend, or insert information. They can do this if they get notification from the Commissioner of Police or the Director-General of an intelligence and security agency. You can read about the rules for this in section 26(3) of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017.

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Part 2Registration of information
Creation of records for security-related purposes: Creation of new identity information

77Minister may direct that new identity information be created for witness or undercover Police officer

  1. The Minister may direct the Registrar-General to create new identity information for a person if the Minister is satisfied,—

  2. on receiving a request under section 75, that it is in the interests of justice that the new identity information be created:
    1. on receiving a request under section 76 and having regard to the matters set out in section 26(3) of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017 (which applies with any necessary modifications), that—
      1. the person will use the new identity information appropriately; and
        1. it is otherwise appropriate to grant the request.

        2. The Registrar-General may create new identity information by—

        3. recording, amending, or deleting information in the registry (including, if necessary, to create other identities to support the person’s new identity information); and
          1. creating, deleting, or amending operational or administrative information as necessary, so that it supports the information described in paragraph (a).

            1. The Registrar-General may delete, amend, or insert information recorded in the registry under subsection (2) if the Registrar-General receives notification from any of the following persons that the new identity is no longer needed or has been compromised:

            2. the Commissioner of Police in relation to new identity information created as a result of a request under section 75(1):
              1. the Director-General of an intelligence and security agency in relation to new identity information created as the result of a request under section 76(1).

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