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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Adoptions - Changes to adoption information in birth record

34: Adopted person or adoptive parent may apply to include additional information

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"Adopted people or their parents can add more details to their birth record."

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You can apply to add more information to your birth record if you are an adopted person who is 16 years old or older. You can also apply if you are the adoptive parent of an adopted person who is less than 16 years old. You can ask for things like an indication that you have adoptive parents on your birth certificate. You can request other information about your birth to be included in your birth record. This can be any details that relate to your birth. If you are 16 or 17 years old and have never been married, in a civil union, or in a de facto relationship, you need your adoptive parents' written consent to make this application. You make this application under section 32 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021.

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Part 2Registration of information
Adoptions: Changes to adoption information in birth record

34Adopted person or adoptive parent may apply to include additional information

  1. The following persons may apply to include the additional information referred to in subsection (2) in respect of an adoption registered under section 32:

  2. an adopted person who is 16 years old or older; or
    1. the adoptive parents (if the adopted person has 2 living adoptive parents) or parent (if the adopted person has only 1 living adoptive parent) if the adopted person is less than 16 years old.

      1. The application may request that the following additional information be included in the adopted person’s birth record:

      2. an indication that the words adoptive parent or adoptive parents should appear (or not appear) on the adopted person’s birth certificate:
        1. any other information relating to the birth.

          1. An application made by an adopted person who is 16 or 17 years old and has never been in a marriage, civil union, or de facto relationship must be accompanied by the written consent of the person’s adoptive parents (if the person has 2 living adoptive parents) or parent (if the person has only 1 living adoptive parent).

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