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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Searches and disclosure of information - Public access to information - Restricted information

107: Access to restricted name-change information and restricted sex information

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"Who can see private information about name or sex changes"

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You can get access to restricted name-change information if you are the person it is about. The Registrar-General can also give you access if you are handling someone's estate or trust and you need the information for that. You can get access if the person the information is about was born more than 120 years ago. You can also get access to restricted name-change information if it is about a person who has had their sex information registered, corrected, or deleted under section 131. The Registrar-General can give you access if you are the person it is about or if they were born more than 120 years ago. The Registrar-General can also tell a government agency about changes to a person's birth information relating to sex. The Registrar-General can notify a government agency about a person's name changes and new names. This is so the agency knows the person does not have more than one identity. The Registrar-General can do this in accordance with section 109 or 113.

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Public access to information: Restricted information

107Access to restricted name-change information and restricted sex information

  1. The Registrar-General may provide access to restricted name-change information in respect of a person whose nominated sex has been registered under section 26 only—

  2. if satisfied that the person requesting access is—
    1. the subject of the information; or
      1. an executor, an administrator, or a trustee of an estate or a trust who seeks to access the information for a purpose in connection with the estate or trust (and the information is material to that purpose); or
      2. if satisfied that the person who is the subject of the information was born more than 120 years ago; or
        1. in accordance with subsection (3) or section 109 or 113.

          1. The Registrar-General may provide access to restricted name-change information in respect of a person who has had information relating to their sex registered, corrected, or deleted under section 131 only—

          2. if satisfied that the person requesting access is the subject of the information; or
            1. if satisfied that the person who is the subject of the information was born more than 120 years ago; or
              1. in accordance with subsection (3) or section 109 or 113.

                1. The Registrar-General may notify a government agency that has an interest in ensuring that people do not have more than 1 identity of—

                2. the fact that a correction or change to a person’s birth information relating to sex has been registered; and
                  1. the person’s names at the time of the correction or change; and
                    1. any new names later adopted by the person.

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