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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Births - Registration of information relating to parents’ subsequent marriage or civil union

22: Registration of information relating to parents’ marriage or civil union after birth

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"Adding parents' marriage or civil union details to your birth record"

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You can ask the Registrar-General to add information about your parents' marriage or civil union to your birth record. The Registrar-General will do this if they are satisfied your parents got married or entered a civil union after you were born, and you ask them to under section 21. You can appeal if the Registrar-General decides not to add this information, or if they do add it and you do not agree, by following the process in section 30.

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Births: Registration of information relating to parents’ subsequent marriage or civil union

22Registration of information relating to parents’ marriage or civil union after birth

  1. The Registrar-General must, if requested under section 21, register information relating to a marriage or civil union in a child’s birth record if satisfied that the parents of the child entered the marriage or civil union after the child’s birth.

  2. A person affected by a decision of the Registrar-General to register, or to decline to register, information under subsection (1) may appeal against the decision under section 30.

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