Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1975 (ACT)

No. 29 of 1975

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Ordinance 1963-1974.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under

the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910-1973.

Dated this tenth day of September, 1975.

JOHN R. KERR Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

KEP. ENDERBY Attorney-General.

REGISTRATION O F BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES

ORDINANCE 1975

1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Registration of Births,

Deaths and Marriages Ordinance 1975.*

(2) The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Ordinance

1963-1974f is in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3 ) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may

t Ordinance N o . 17, 1963, as amended by N o . 19, 1966; and N o . 47, 1974.

be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages	Ordinance
1963-1975.

2. Section 21 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) the words " twenty-one years " and substituting the figures and word " 1 8 years ".

3 . Section 22 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting

from sub-section (1) the words " One dol lar" and substituting the

symbol and figure " $2 ".

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 16 September 1975.

4. The Fifth Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is repealed and

the following schedule substituted:—

FIFTH SCHEDULE Section 51

First Column Third

Second Column Column

Item

$

1	Search in register and issue of copy of entry	. .	. .	. .	3 .00
2	Search in register and issue of extract from entry	. .	2 .00

3                Where correct particulars of entry not stated in application, additional

fee for searching for and identifying correct entry . . . . 2 .00