Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2016 (NSW)

New South Wales

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration

Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2016

under the

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995.

GABRIELLE UPTON, MP

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to increase certain fees set out in the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2011 that are chargeable with respect to matters arising under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995.

This Regulation is made under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995, including sections 50 (2), 54 and 62 (the general regulation-making power).

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Fees)

Regulation 2016

under the

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Fees)
Regulation 2016.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 18 April 2016 and is required to be published on the
NSW legislation website.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registration Regulation 2011

[1]      Clause 18 Fees

Omit “opposite”. Insert instead “for”.

[2]      Schedule 1

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 1 Fees

(Clause 18)

1      Standard certificate

(1)  This clause prescribes the fee for the issue of:

(a)

a certificate certifying particulars contained in an entry in the Register following a search under any one name of the Register (other than a certificate referred to in clause 2 or 3), or

(b)

a No Trace certificate certifying that no entry was found in the Register about a relevant registrable event following a search under any one name.

(2)

The fee where the search is in respect of a period not exceeding 10 years is:

(a)	$45 for the ordinary issue of a certificate, or
(b)	$70 for the priority processing of the certificate ahead of that of other applicants.

(3)

The fee in respect of each further period of 10 years or part of 10 years is $42.

2      Family history certificate

(1)  This clause prescribes the fee for the issue of a certificate in relation to a search
of the Register:

(a)

for births over 100 years ago, or

(b)

for deaths over 30 years ago, or

(c)

for marriages over 50 years ago.

(2)

The fee where an index or registration number is supplied is:

(a)	$32 for the ordinary issue of a certificate, or
(b)	$57 for the priority processing of the certificates ahead of that of other applicants.

(3)

The fee where an index or registration number is not supplied is:

(a)	$45 for the ordinary issue of a certificate, or
(b)	$70 for the priority processing of the certificate ahead of that of other applicants.

3      Issue of certificate relating to children of deceased person

(1)  This clause prescribes the fee for both:

(a)

the search of the Register on an application under section 50 of the Act by the executor, trustee or administrator of the estate of a deceased person, and

(b)

the issue of a certificate under section 50 of the Act to the executor, trustee or administrator of the estate of a deceased person indicating whether the deceased is a parent of any children.

(2)

The fee where the search is in respect of a period not exceeding 10 years is (in
relation to each deceased person):

(a)	$45 for the ordinary issue of a certificate, or
(b)	$70 for the priority processing of the certificate ahead of that of other applicants.

(3)

The fee in respect of each further period of 10 years or for part of 10 years
is $42.

4      Registering a change of name

The fee for registering a change of name is:

(a)	$126 for an ordinary registration, or
(b)	$151 for the priority processing of the registration ahead of that of other applicants.

5      Altering the record of a person’s sex in birth registration

The fee for altering the record of a person’s sex in the birth registration of the person is:

(a)	$69 for an ordinary alteration of the registration, or
(b)	$94 for the priority processing of the alteration ahead of that of other applicants.

6      Addition of parentage details in birth registration

The fee for recording in the Register, after the registration of the birth of a child, the name of (or other particulars relating to) a person as a parent of the child is:

(a)	$67 for an ordinary recording in the Register, or
(b)	$92 for the priority processing of the recording ahead of that of other applicants.

7      Verification of authenticity of a document by means of CertValid

The fee for the verification of the authenticity of a document by means of the
CertValid online certification validation system is $1.10.

8      Manual verification of authenticity of documents

The fee for the manual verification of the authenticity of a document following the unsuccessful use of the CertValid online certification validation system is $11.

9      Supplying certified copy of any other record

The fee for supplying a certified copy of any record or document kept by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, for which no fee is otherwise provided by this Schedule, is $38 per sheet.

10      Providing other service

The fee for providing any service not specified in this Schedule is the fee that is fixed by negotiation between the Registrar and the person who asks for the relevant service.