Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996

(1) On completing a search of the Register, the Registrar may issue a certificate:

(b) certifying that no entry was located in the Register about the relevant registrable event.

(2) A certificate under subsection (1)(a) is admissible in legal proceedings as evidence of:

(3) If the word "illegitimate" or a word or expression referring to the fact that a child was born outside marriage appears on an entry in the Register, that word or expression is not to be included in a certificate issued by the Registrar.

(4) If, in the opinion of the Registrar, a word or expression appearing on an entry in the Register is offensive, the Registrar may, as he or she thinks fit, issue a certificate under subsection (1)(a) without including the word or expression.

(5) The Registrar may, subject to and in accordance with the Regulations, issue to a person intending to be married in a country outside Australia a certificate that the Registrar is not aware of any impediments to the solemnisation of the marriage.