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
Subsection (2) applies if the Registrar-General is satisfied, after making any inquiries under section 127(1) that the Registrar-General considers appropriate, that—
- a person was conceived as a result of an AHR procedure to which Part 2 of the Status of Children Act 1969 applies; and
- the person’s birth record—
- does not include information about a parent of the person as determined under that Act; or
- includes information about a person who is not a parent in terms of that Act.
- does not include information about a parent of the person as determined under that Act; or
The Registrar-General must amend the person’s birth record by doing either or both of the following:
- adding information about a parent of the person as determined under the Status of Children Act 1969:
- deleting any information about a person who is not a parent in terms of that Act.
In this section, AHR procedure has the same meaning as in section 15 of the Status of Children Act 1969.


