Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Variation Regulations 2017 (SA)

South Australia

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Variation Regulations 2017

under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 2011

4            Insertion of regulation 6A

6A          Conferral of jurisdiction on South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Variation Regulations 2017.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on the day on which section 25A of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 (as enacted by the Children's Protection Law Reform (Transitional Arrangements and Related Amendments) Act 2017) comes into operation.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 2011

4—Insertion of regulation 6A

Before regulation 7 insert:

6A—Conferral of jurisdiction on South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

(1)Pursuant to section 25A(9) of the Act, the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal is conferred with jurisdiction to deal with matters consisting of the review of a decision of the Chief Executive under section 25A of the Act.

(2)An application for review of a decision relating to a particular child may be made to the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal by—

(a)a person who is a guardian of the child pursuant to an order of the Court under the Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017; or

(b)a biological parent or co‑parent (within the meaning of the Family Relationships Act 1975) of the child; or

(c)the child.

(3)An application must be made within 28 days after the applicant receives notice of the relevant decision (or such longer period as the Tribunal may allow).

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 19 December 2017

No 357 of 2017

CPR0006/17CS