Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Amendment) Act 1966 (NSW)

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND

MARRIAGES (AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 53, 1966.

No.*53f A n Act to make further provisions with respect to the

— issue of certified copies of and certified extracts from entries in the register of adoptions kept by the Registrar-General; for these and other pur­ poses to amend the Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Act 1899, as amended by sub­ sequent Acts; and for purposes connected there­ with. [Assented to, 9th December, 1966.]

"D E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by ^ and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —

Short title	1. (1) This Act may be cited as the “Registration of (2) The Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Act 1899, as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Act, 1899-1966.
and	Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Amendment) Act, 1966”.
citation.

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2. ( 1 ) The Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages no. 53, 1966

Act 1899, as amended by subsequent Acts, is amended— . ~ ~

Amendment

of Act No.

17,1899.

(a)	(i)	by omitting paragraphs (b) and (c) of section sec. 12.
twelve and by inserting in lieu thereof the (Searches

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following paragraphs :— copies.)

(b) in the case of an entry other than an entry in the register of adoptions—

(i)   to have a copy of that entry certified by the Registrar- General or district registrar, as the case may be; or

(ii)   to have an extract from that entry certified by the Registrar- General or district registrar, as the case may be, and contain­ ing such particulars as, having regard to the reason for which such extract is required, the Registrar-General or district registrar deems to be necessary; or

(c) in the case of an entry in the register of adoptions—

(i) to have, if—

(a)	the Director of the Child Welfare Depart­ ment so consents in writing;
(b)	a judge of the Supreme Court, upon applica­ tion made in accord­ ance with the rules of Court, so orders; or
(c)	a court having jurisdic­ tion in New South Wales so orders in any proceedings before it,

a copy of that entry certified by

the Registrar-General; or

(ii)

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No. 53, 1966 (ii) to have an extract from that entry certified by the Registrar- General, and containing such particulars as, having regard to the reason for which such extract is required, the Registrar-General deems to be necessary, but in no case con­ taining more than the prescribed particulars :

(ii)   by omitting from the same section the word “refuse” and by inserting in lieu thereof the words “, except in the case of a person entitled to have a copy of an entry certified under subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of this section, refuse” ;

Sec. 26a. (b) by inserting at the end of section 26a the following

(Registra­	new subsection :—
tion of
adoption.)	(2) The register of orders of adoption kept by the Registrar-General in pursuance of rules of Court under the Child Welfare Act, 1923, as amended by subsequent Acts, and under the Child Welfare Act, 1939, as amended by subsequent Acts, shall form part of the register of adoptions referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection one of this section.

(2) Subsection one of this section shall commence on the day upon which the Adoption of Children Act, 1965, as amended by subsequent Acts, other than subsection six of section five of that Act, as so amended, commences.

Further ^h® Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Act

amendment	1899, as amended by subsequent Acts, is further amended by
17^ 89^°'	inserting in subsection five of section sixteen after the word
Sec. 16.	“shall” where firstly occurring the words “, unless made by
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of errors.)

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