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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registrar-General and registry - Functions, duties, and powers - Other powers

136: Registrar-General may specify how notifications, requests, applications, and other documents must be provided

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"The Registrar-General decides how to give them information and what format to use."

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The Registrar-General can decide how you must give them notifications, requests, applications, and other documents. They can say how you give the information and what form or format to use. They can also say what you need to do when using a special form or format. The Registrar-General might not do what you ask if you do not follow their directions or if you do not do what the law says. They might not do what you ask if you do not give the information the law requires. The law says what information you must give when using a special form or format. The Registrar-General's directions might be similar to rules in other laws, such as ss 87B and 89A.

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Part 5Registrar-General and registry
Functions, duties, and powers: Other powers

136Registrar-General may specify how notifications, requests, applications, and other documents must be provided

  1. The Registrar-General may issue directions specifying the manner in which a person may notify or request information, make an application, or otherwise provide information or documents for the purposes of this Act and regulations, including specifying—

  2. how the information or document may be notified or provided; and
    1. the form or other format and medium that must be used in connection with the notification or provision of the information or document; and
      1. requirements in connection with the use of an approved form or format and medium.

        1. The Registrar-General may refuse to perform or exercise a function, duty, or power in relation to the document or information if—

        2. a direction under subsection (1) is not complied with; or
          1. the requirements of this Act or regulations have otherwise not been complied with (for example, where the information required by regulations has not been provided).

            1. The information required in a form or format and medium specified in directions issued under subsection (1)(b) must be prescribed by regulations.

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