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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Searches and disclosure of information - Disclosure and sharing of information - Disclosure of statistical information

121: Disclosure of statistical information

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"Registrar-General can share interesting public stats from the registry"

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The Registrar-General can share statistical information from the registry if they think it is interesting to the public and cannot be found easily elsewhere. You can see how this rule is similar to an older rule by looking at the link. The Registrar-General gets to decide what information to share and how to share it.

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Part 4Searches and disclosure of information
Disclosure and sharing of information: Disclosure of statistical information

121Disclosure of statistical information

  1. The Registrar-General may publish or otherwise disclose statistical information obtained from information in the registry if the Registrar-General considers that the statistical information may be of interest to the public and is not readily available elsewhere.

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