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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

130: Registrar-General must decline to register certain information

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"The Registrar-General stops incorrect information from being recorded."

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The Registrar-General checks information about important life events. You need to know the Registrar-General can stop incorrect information from being recorded. The Registrar-General does this after making inquiries as allowed under section 127(1). The Registrar-General stops information from being recorded if it is incorrect. This includes information from certificates received under section 49 or 62, or information from overseas registration authorities. The Registrar-General makes this decision after checking the information. This rule is important and overrides any other rules in the Act that might say something different.

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Part 5Registrar-General and registry
Functions, duties, and powers: Registrar-General’s powers of inquiry

130Registrar-General must decline to register certain information

  1. If the Registrar-General is satisfied (on reasonable grounds), after making any inquiries under section 127(1) that the Registrar-General considers appropriate, that information relating to a registrable event is or is likely to be incorrect, the Registrar-General must decline to record the information.

  2. If the Registrar-General is satisfied (on reasonable grounds), after making any inquiries under section 127(1) that the Registrar-General considers appropriate, that any of the following information is or is likely to be incorrect, the Registrar-General must decline to record the receipt of the information:

  3. information in a certificate received under section 49 or 62; or
    1. information received from an overseas registration authority.

      1. This section overrides anything in this Act to the contrary.

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