Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

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

119: Information recorded under this Act may be used to update information kept under Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

You could also call this:

"Birth and name change info can update reproductive technology records."

Illustration for Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

The Registrar-General can use information about births, deaths, or name changes to update records under the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004. You can find more information about this in Part 3 of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004. The Registrar-General can only do this if the information is about a donor, the donor's offspring, or the offspring's guardian, and if this information is already kept under the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM7316540.

This page was last updated on — View changes

Topics:
Family and relationships > Children and parentingFamily and relationships > Adoption and guardianshipHealth and wellbeing > Public health
Previous

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

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

Next

120: Registrar-General may provide information for statistical purposes or for health, historical, or demographic research, or

"The Registrar-General can share information to help with research and statistics, while protecting people's privacy."

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

119Information recorded under this Act may be used to update information kept under Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

  1. The Registrar-General may use birth information, death information, or name-change information recorded under this Act to update information kept by the Registrar-General under Part 3 of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004.

  2. However, the Registrar-General may do so only if the Registrar-General is satisfied that—

  3. the information relates to a donor, donor offspring, or donor offspring’s guardian; and
    1. information about that donor, donor offspring, or donor offspring’s guardian is kept under Part 3 of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004.

      1. In this section,—

        donor has the meaning set out in section 5 of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

          donor offspring has the meaning set out in section 5 of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

            guardian has the meaning set out in section 5 of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004.

            Compare