Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registrar-General and registry - Functions, duties, and powers - Correction of errors

132: Birth record of child conceived through assisted human reproduction procedure must specify parents as determined under Status of Children Act 1969

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"Birth records must show the correct parents for kids born using assisted reproduction"

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If you were conceived through an assisted human reproduction procedure, the Registrar-General must make sure your birth record is correct. You are considered to have been conceived this way if the Registrar-General looks into it under section 127(1) and decides that Part 2 of the Status of Children Act 1969 applies to you. The Registrar-General will update your birth record to include the correct parents as determined under the Status of Children Act 1969. If your birth record does not have the right information about your parents, the Registrar-General will add it. They will also remove any information about people who are not your parents according to the Status of Children Act 1969. An assisted human reproduction procedure, or AHR procedure, means the same thing as it does in section 15 of the Status of Children Act 1969. The Registrar-General will make these changes to ensure your birth record is accurate and follows the rules. They will do this by either adding the correct information or removing the incorrect information. This process helps keep your birth record up to date and correct.

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Part 5Registrar-General and registry
Functions, duties, and powers: Correction of errors

132Birth record of child conceived through assisted human reproduction procedure must specify parents as determined under Status of Children Act 1969

  1. Subsection (2) applies if the Registrar-General is satisfied, after making any inquiries under section 127(1) that the Registrar-General considers appropriate, that—

  2. a person was conceived as a result of an AHR procedure to which Part 2 of the Status of Children Act 1969 applies; and
    1. the person’s birth record—
      1. does not include information about a parent of the person as determined under that Act; or
        1. includes information about a person who is not a parent in terms of that Act.
        2. The Registrar-General must amend the person’s birth record by doing either or both of the following:

        3. adding information about a parent of the person as determined under the Status of Children Act 1969:
          1. deleting any information about a person who is not a parent in terms of that Act.
            1. In this section, AHR procedure has the same meaning as in section 15 of the Status of Children Act 1969.

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