Place Names Act 2020

The Secretary of the Department may appoint a State Service officer, or State Service employee, of the Department to be the Registrar of Place Names, and that officer or employee is to hold that office in conjunction with State Service employment.

In addition to any function or power specified in this Act, the Registrar has the following functions and powers:any functions and powers specified in the guidelines as being the functions and powers of the Registrar in respect of the guidelines; to maintain, and make available, the guidelines; to maintain the register; to effect minor revisions of the register, when required, to ensure that the register correctly reflects – each approved name for a place; and the locations, boundaries and extent of the place in respect of which a name has been approved; any other prescribed function or power.

For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), a revision of the register is a minor revision if the Registrar is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the revision – does not affect – community use of the approved name to which the revision relates; and community expectation as to the place in respect of which the revision relates; or corrects a typographical error or anomaly.