Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Searches and disclosure of information - Public access to information - Non-disclosure directions

105: Registrar-General may provide limited verification of certain information subject to non-disclosure direction

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"Checking public info against private info is allowed by the Registrar-General"

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You can ask the Registrar-General to check if information that is public matches the information that is private. The Registrar-General can do this if someone makes private information public or shares information that is similar to the private information. You need to follow the Registrar-General's rules and pay a fee if required when making this request.

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Part 4Searches and disclosure of information
Public access to information: Non-disclosure directions

105Registrar-General may provide limited verification of certain information subject to non-disclosure direction

  1. This section applies if a person who is the subject of information that is subject to a non-disclosure direction makes publicly available—

  2. any part of the information that is subject to the non-disclosure direction; or
    1. any information corresponding to any part of the information that is subject to the non-disclosure direction.
      1. Any person may request the Registrar-General to verify whether the information that has become publicly available matches, or is consistent with, the information that is subject to a non-disclosure direction.

      2. The request must be—

      3. made in accordance with any directions issued by the Registrar-General; and
        1. accompanied by—
          1. a copy of the information that has become publicly available or any other details that are sufficient, in the Registrar’s opinion, to confirm that the information is publicly available; and
            1. the prescribed fee (if any); and
              1. any means of identification that the Registrar-General reasonably requires to confirm the identity of the person making the request (and if applicable, the identity of the person on whose behalf the request is made).
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