Registration of birth of child of detainee
281 Registration of birth of child of detainee
In this section—
document means a certificate or other document made or issued under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 in relation to the birth of a child or an alteration or addition to the name of a child.
If a document is made or issued in relation to a child whose mother or father is, or was when the child was born, detained in a detention centre or otherwise detained under this Act—
the document must not state that fact or contain information from which that fact can reasonably be inferred; and
an address—
that is required by the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 to be shown in the document; and
that can not be shown in the document because of paragraph (a);
must instead be shown as the city or town in which or nearest to which the address is situated.
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