Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Searches and disclosure of information - Disclosure and sharing of information - Disclosure of information under other Acts

117: Disclosure of certain information for purposes of Identity Information Confirmation Act 2012

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"Sharing information about someone's identity after an identity check"

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You can find out certain information about someone if an identity check was done under section 9 of the Identity Information Confirmation Act 2012. This information can be shared with an agency or intermediary if the check shows the person has died or changed their name. You can find out if the person is dead or if they have changed their name.

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116: Registrar-General may disclose death information to non-government organisations for certain purposes, or

"The Registrar-General can share death information with non-government groups for certain reasons, like removing deceased people's names from databases."

118: Access to information for purposes of Identity Information Confirmation Act 2012, or

"Getting birth, death, or marriage info for identity checks"

Part 4Searches and disclosure of information
Disclosure and sharing of information: Disclosure of information under other Acts

117Disclosure of certain information for purposes of Identity Information Confirmation Act 2012

Any information specified in subsection (2) in relation to an individual about whom an identity information check was carried out under section 9 of the Identity Information Confirmation Act 2012 may be disclosed to an agency or intermediary (within the meaning of that Act) if the check indicates that death information or name-change information is recorded for that individual.
The information referred to in subsection (1) is as follows:
that the individual is dead:
that name-change information in relation to the individual exists.

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