Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Act 1967 (NSW)

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND

MARRIAGES (AMENDMENT) ACT.

ANNO SEXTO DECIMO

ELIZABETHS II BEGINS

Act No. 45, 1967.

An Act relating to the registration of still-births, the issue of medical certificates in the case of perinatal deaths and the furnishing of information pertaining thereto; for these and other purposes to amend the Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Act 1899, as amended by subsequent Acts; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 5th October, 1967.]

BE

Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment).

r> E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by no. 45, i967

■I' 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:— -

U ) This Act may be cited as the “Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Act, 1967”. citation and ĵ̂ ig

1.

commence­

ment.

(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, 1899-1967.

(3) This Act shall commence upon a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.

( 1 ) The Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Act, 1899-1966, is amended­

2.

' 17, 1899.

(a) by inserting in section one next after the matter j

relating to Part VI the following new matter : — (short title

T> / division

* PART VIa.—Provisions as to Registration 0 / into Parts.)

Still-births and Information relating to

• ; . Perinatal Deaths— ’SS. 3 0 a- 3 0 g .

(b) (i) by (xnitting from section three the definition sec. 3.

of “Still-born child” and by inserting in lieu (interpre-

thereof the following definitions :— ̂ tation.)

“Still-birth” means the delivery of a still­

born child.

“Still-born child” means a child who—

(a) is of at least twenty weeks gestation, or at least four

̂ hundred grammes weight, at

, delivery ; and

' ' ' <b) has not breathed after delivery.

" ■ (ii)

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No. 45, 1967 (ii) by inserting at the end of the same section the following new subsections ; —

(2) In this Act— ,

(a) a reference to a birth or to the birth of a child is a reference to the birth

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of a child who has breathed after

delivery;

(b) a reference to the delivery of a child or a still-born child is a reference to the complete expulsion or extraction

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of the child or still-born child from his

mother.

,...... (3) Nothing in this Act (except as pro­

,...............vided by Parts VIa and VIII and the Tenth and Fourteenth Schedules) applies in respect of still-births or still-born children or to forms of information or medical certificates under Part VIa of this Act.

Sec. 19. (c) (i) by omitting from section nineteen the words

(Notice of	“according to the forms of registration here­
births.)	inbefore referred to” and by inserting in lieu thereof the words “in or to the effect of the

,	form of information provided by the Registrar-
V	General for the purpose” ;

(ii)   by omitting from the same section the words “occupier of the house” and by inserting in

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lieu thereof the words “tenant of the house

or place” ;

Sec. 19a.	(d) by omitting section 19a ;
(Birth and
death of still-born children to
be regis­
tered.)
Sec. 27.	(e) (i) by omitting from section twenty-seven the

(Notice of	words “according to the forms of registration
deaths.)	hereinbefore referred to” and by inserting in lieu thereof the words “in or to the effect of the form of information provided by the Registrar-General for the purpose” ;

(ii)

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(ii) by inserting at the end of the same section the following new paragraph : —	45 19^7
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Nothing in this section prevents the district

registrar from receiving that information and

those particulars after that period of thirty

days. u:;: ; V.' ;

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(f) (i) by omitting from subsection one of section Sec. 27a.

2 7 a the words “and Eleventh Schedules” and (issue of

by inserting in lieu thereof the words r̂Uficates

Eleventh and Fourteenth Schedules” ;

of cause

of death.)

V (ii) by omitting from paragraph (a) of subsection

.• r\ . n two of the same section the words “effect of the form in the Ninth Schedule to this Act; or” and by inserting in lieu thereof the

; r following words: — :

“effect of— ’

(i)   the form in the Fourteenth Schedule to this Act, where the person dies

’ on the day of his birth or within the period of twenty-eight days thereafter; or

(ii)   the form in the Ninth Schedule to this Act, where the person dies after that period; or” ;

(iii)   by omitting from paragraph (b) of the same section the words “effect of the form in the Eleventh Schedule to this Act,” and by insert­ ing in lieu thereof the following words : —

“effect of—

(i)   the form in the Fourteenth Schedule to this Act, where the person dies on the day of his birth or within the period of twenty-eight days thereafter; or

■ ' - (ii)

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No. 45, 1967 (ii) the form in the Eleventh Schedule to this Act, where the person dies after that period,” ;

(iv)   fey omitting from sufesection three of the same section the words “Ninth Schedule or Eleventh Schedule” and by inserting in lieu thereof the words “Ninth, Eleventh or Four­ teenth Schedule” ;

New Part (g) by inserting next after Part VI the following new

VI... P a rt: —

PART VIA.

Provisions as to Registration of Still-births and

Information relating to Perinatal Deaths.

D iv isio n 1.—•General.

Interpre­ 30a. In this Part and in the Tenth and Four­

tation. teenth Schedules to this Act̂ —

“Perinatal death” m ean s-

la) the death of a child on the day of

' his birth or within the period of

_ twenty-eight days thereafter; or

(b) a still-birth.

D iv isio n 2 .—Provisions as to Registration of

Still-births.

Notice of	30b. Where a still-birth occurs in New South Wales the parent of the still-born child shall within twenty-one days next thereafter inform the district registrar of such still-birth and of all the particulars concerning the same in or to the effect of the form of information provided by the Registrar-General for the purpose.
still-births.
In default of a parent so informing the district registrar within the time referred to, the district registrar may be informed by the tenant of the house or place where the still-birth occurred or by any person present at the still-birth.

Nothing

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Nothing in this section prevents the district jn®, 45,

registrar from receiving that information and those	----
particulars after that period of twenty-one days.

30c. Where a still-birth occurs and— issue of

(a)

the mother of the still-born child was, at certificate of by a medical practitioner, such medical practitioner shall sign and deliver or forward forthwith to the district registrar a certificate in or to the effect of the form in the Fourteenth Schedule to this Act; or

(b> the mother was not, at any time during the confinement, attended by a medical prac­ titioner, any medical practitioner who has viewed the body of the still-born child may so sign and deliver or forward that certificate,

and, as soon as practicable after signing the certificate, shall deliver to the tenant of the house or place in which the still-birth occurred a notice in writing in or to the effect of the form in the Tenth Schedule to this Act of the signing of the certificate.

3 0 d . The district registrar shall fo rth w ith District

registrar to

forward— forward

(a)	all forms of information received by him
pursuant to section 3 0 b of this Act; and to G e ^ rS
(b)	all certificates received by him pursuant to section 30c of this Act,

to the General Registry.

3 0 e . (1 ) For the purposes of this Part, the Registrar-General shall keep a register of still-	‘ *•
births.

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No. 45, 1967 (2) The register of still-births shall consist of the forms and certificates endorsed pursuant to subsection three of this section.

(3) A still-birth shall be deemed to be

registered when—

(a)	the form of information, referred to in section 30 b of this Act, in respect of that stiU-birth; and
(b)	the certificate, referred to in section 30c of this Act, in respect of that still-birth,

have been endorsed by the Registrar-General to

that effect.

(4) The Registrar-General may file those forms and certificates in such order and manner as he thinks fit.

(5) The Registrar-General may remove from the register of still-births and destroy any form or certificate which has been endorsed pursuant to subsection three of this section for at least two years.

(6) The provisions of section sixteen of this Act apply, mutatis mutandis, to the register of still-births.

Burial or	3Of .	a person shall not bury or otherwise dispose
other

disposal	of, or cause to be buried or otherwise disposed of,
of body	the body of any still-born child unless there is
of still­
born child.	delivered to him a notice of the signing of a certificate in accordance with section 30c of this Act.
D iv isio n 3.— Provisions as to Information relating

to Perinatal Deaths.

Informa­ 30 g . Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the

tion to

Director-	Registrar-General may make available or forward—
General

of Public	(a) any forms of information of perinatal death
Health

and Deputy	completed pursuant to section twenty-seven
Common­	or 30 b of this Act; and
wealth

Statistician. (b)

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(b)

any medical certificates of cause of perinatal 4 5 ^

death delivered or forwarded pursuant t o ----

section 2 7 a or 30c of this Act,

to the Director-General of Public Health and the Deputy Commonwealth Statistician for New South Wales each of whom may thereupon make copies thereof or extracts therefrom.

(h) by inserting in the Ninth Schedule after the words Ninth

“his death” the words where the deceased’s death did not take place on the day of his birth or within 28 days thereafter” ;

(i) (i) by inserting in the Tenth Schedule after the Tenth

word “D eath” where firstly occurring the

words “or Perinatal Death” ;

(ii)   by inserting in the same Schedule after the words “on (date)” the words “or a Medical Certificate of Cause of Perinatal Death of a still-bom child of (name and address) at (place) on (date)” ;

(j) by inserting in the Eleventh Schedule after the words Eleventh

“after death” where firstly occurring the words Schedule.

where the deceased’s death did not take place on the day of his birth or within 28 days there­ after” ;

(k)	by inserting next after the Thirteenth Schedule the New
following new Schedule s°heS .‘̂

FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE. Secs. 27a (2), 30c.

Registration of Births Deaths Registrar to enter No. of

and Marriages Act Death Entry.

1899, as amended—

Sections 27a (2) (a)

(b ), 30c.

M edical Certificate of Cause of P erinatal D eath.

(To be completed—

(a) in respect of a still-born child of at least 20 weeks gesta­ tion or 400 grammes weight at delivery—by a legally qualified medical practitioner who attended the mother during the confinement or who has viewed the body of the child after the still-birth;

(b)

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45, 1967	^ respect of a live-born child dying on the day of his
-----	birth or within 28 days thereafter—by a legally qualified medical practitioner who attended the child before death or who has viewed the body of the child after death;

and to be delivered or forwarded by that medical practitioner to

the District Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages direct.)

A.	Particulars relating to Mother. Full name Address of usual readence
Age last b ir th d a y ........... years .

Number of previous pregnancies.

B.

Particulars relating to Child.

Name, if given

Date of death, if live bom

Age at death ,

Place of death

Sex

Time and date of birth a.m. or p.m. on

This birth was— Single/Twins/or

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Weight at birth

Period of gestation

Did child breathe after complete expulsion or extraction from

the mother?

Did heart beat cease before or after labour/delivery?

State approximate interval between

Cause of Death. onset and death,

if known.

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A. Causes in Child or Foetus—

Disease or coodition directly leading to death

due to due to

B. Maternal Conditions or Other Causes giving rise to the umlerlying cause in the child or foetus.

due to

II.

Other significant conditions in child, foetus or mother contributing to the death but not related to the disease or condition causing it:

Post

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Post mortem * is to be carried out

* is not to be

* I attended the mother of the still-born child during confinement

I hereby certify that » j attended the child before death

* I viewed the body of the child after death

and that the particulars stated above are true to the best of my

knowledge and belief.

Signature

Residence	Date
* Strike out whichever is inapplicable.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, section 19a

of the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Act, 1899-1966, shall continue to apply in respect of the birth of a still-born child (as defined in section three of the Registra­ tion of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Act, 1899-1966) that occurred before the commencement of this Act.

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