Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2025 (Vic)

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2025

S.R. No. 92/2025

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3New regulation 5A inserted

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2025

S.R. No. 92/2025

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2025

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 23 September 2025

Responsible Minister:

NATALIE HUTCHINS
Minister for Government Services

ANGELA SMITH

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 2019 to prescribe a method by which the signature and seal of the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages may be produced.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 59 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996.

3New regulation 5A inserted

After regulation 5 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 2019[1] insert—

"5A   Execution of documents

For the purposes of section 10(1) of the Act, the Registrar's signature and seal may be produced by using a digital method, including by producing a digitised, electronic or computer-generated image of the signature and seal.".

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ENDNOTES

[1] Reg. 3: S.R. No. 77/2019 as amended by S.R. No. 25/2020.