Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023

This section applies if the person is a child under 16 years.

The child’s parents may apply for a recognised details certificate for the child.

However, 1 of the parents may apply for a recognised details certificate for the child if—

the parent is the only parent named in a register kept under a corresponding law or the law of any place outside Australia; or

the other parent is dead and there is no other person with parental responsibility for the child; or

the parent has sole parental responsibility to make decisions about major long-term issues for the child under a parenting order made under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth), part VII; or

the parent has obtained an order from the Childrens Court under section 55, or from another Queensland court or a non-Queensland court, directing the registrar to accept the application; or

the parent has obtained a dispensation order.

A person may apply for a recognised details certificate for the child if—

circumstances stated in column 1 of the table in schedule 1, part 1 apply to the person in relation to the child; and

the person is a person mentioned in column 2 of the table opposite those circumstances.

Two or more persons may apply for a recognised details certificate for the child if—

circumstances stated in column 1 of the table in schedule 1, part 2 apply to the persons in relation to the child; and

the persons are persons mentioned in column 2 of the table opposite those circumstances.

The child may apply for a recognised details certificate for the child if the child has obtained an order from the Childrens Court under section 56 directing the registrar to accept the application.