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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Births - Registration of nominated sex

29: Other correction powers not affected

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"Changing your sex on your birth record doesn't stop other corrections being made."

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You can change your sex on your birth record. The Registrar-General can correct or delete sex information on your original birth record under section 131(a) or (b). The Registrar-General can also register your sex if it is not already on your record under section 131(e).

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Part 2Registration of information
Births: Registration of nominated sex

29Other correction powers not affected

  1. Nothing in sections 24 to 28 or section 30 limits or affects the power of the Registrar-General to—

  2. correct or delete information in the person’s original birth record relating to a person’s sex (or information that a person is of indeterminate sex) under section 131(a) or (b); or
    1. register information relating to a person’s sex under section 131(e) if no information relating to the person’s sex is registered (including because information has been deleted under section 131(b)).

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