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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Certificates - General provisions

79: Certificates as evidence

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"Certificates are trusted evidence in court and can be used to confirm your details."

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You can use a certificate from this Act as evidence in court. It is assumed to be correct unless someone proves it is wrong. You can trust it has the right information from the registry on the date it was issued. When someone needs to know your sex or gender, they can look at your certificate. They can also consider other relevant information. This applies to individuals, companies, and government agencies that need this information for a specific reason.

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Part 3Certificates
General provisions

79Certificates as evidence

  1. A certificate issued under this Act is admissible as evidence in any legal proceedings and is presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be an accurate record of the information recorded in the registry as at the date of issue.

  2. Any individual, private sector agency, or public sector agency authorised or required to ascertain an individual’s sex or gender for a particular purpose may take into account either or both of the following:

  3. the information contained in a certificate issued under this Act:
    1. any other relevant information.