Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Act 1977 (ACT)

No. 50 of 1977

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Ordinance 1963

I, T H E GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated this twenty-first day of September 1977.

JOHN R. KERR Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

A. A. STALEY

Minister of State for the Capital Territory

REGISTRATION O F BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES

(AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1977

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

Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Ordinance 1977.*

2 . In this Ordinance, " Principal Ordinance " means the Registra­ tion of Births, Deaths and Marriages Ordinance 1963.f

t Ordinance N o . 17, 1963 as amended by N o . 19, 1966; N o . 47, 1974; N o . 29, 1975; and N o . 18, 1977.

3 . This Ordinance shall come into operation on 3 October 1977.

4. Section 22 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) the symbol and figure " $2 " and substituting the symbol and figure " $3 ".

5.   Section 56 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)	by omitting from sub-section (4) the words "Two dollars" and substituting the symbol and figure " $ 4 " ; and
(b)	by omitting from sub-section (7) the words " Fifty cents " and substituting the symbol and figure " $3 ".

• Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 September 1977.

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 The Fifth Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is repealed and

the following schedule substituted:—

FIFTH SCHEDULE Section 51

First Third

Column	Second Column	Column
Item
$

1 Search in register and issue of copy of entry . . . . . . 4

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

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

for searching for and identifying correct entry.. . . . . 3