http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/R61CHP3
III REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
A. Structure
3.10 Until 1975 the Registry was part of the Registrar General’s Department. It is now administered within the Attorney General’s Department, having been briefly a part of the Department of Services. The office of Principal Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages was created in 1975 and was held by the respective departmental heads. In 1984 the current Principal Registrar was appointed, the first to have a separate position and be located within the Registry.
3.11 The Central Registry is located in Sydney, and consists of four divisions, namely:
* Registration Division which compiles the registers and indexes, and makes amendments and corrections to the registers where appropriate. This Division is responsible for external, (ie, local and regional) registries.
* Certificates Division which maintains all the registers and indexes, and produces the certified copies of registered particulars when requested or authorised. The Family History Advisory Service assists users of the genealogical resources of the Registry.
* Administrative Services Division which is responsible for the data entry of all registrations in the computerised registers, and for general administration of the Registry.
* Client Services Division which attends to all postal, telephone, and personal enquiries and requests for Registry services, and is responsible for performing civil marriages.
3.12 Until 1974 the State was divided into several districts, each with a registrar who maintained the district registers, with duplicates centralised in the Sydney office. Administration was altered by the Registration Act 1973 which abolished the districts and created local registrars at several country centres and regional registries at Newcastle and Wollongong.
3.13 Local registrars (who are usually the local clerks of the court) act as receiving agents for information lodged for registration, and maintain duplicate registers for local production of certified copies of registered particulars. They are authorised marriage celebrants. Regional offices process birth and death registrations from different parts of the State. All other registrations are effected, and central registers and indexes maintained, at the Sydney registry, which now employs computer technology for these purposes.
B. Functions of Principal Registrar
3.14 As head of the Registry, the Principal Registrar is responsible for a variety of functions. They are:
* Establishment and maintenance of the registers and indexes, including effecting amendments where necessary.
* Registration of all births, deaths, marriages, legitimations, stillbirths, memoranda of adoptions, and parentage information lodged with the Registry.
* Issue of certified copies and extracts of registered particulars to applicants entitled to receive them, on payment of the prescribed fee.
* Supply of information to government departments and agencies.
* Civil administration of marriages, including solemnisation and related services.
* Preservation of all original records relating to births, deaths and marriages in New South Wales.
3.10 Until 1975 the Registry was part of the Registrar General’s Department. It is now administered within the Attorney General’s Department, having been briefly a part of the Department of Services. The office of Principal Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages was created in 1975 and was held by the respective departmental heads. In 1984 the current Principal Registrar was appointed, the first to have a separate position and be located within the Registry.
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Well, this says a lot.
On Bomford’s cert at the bottom is says: Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages and it is dated 1964.
How could Douglas Gordon Young work for this office in 1964 when it wasn’t created until 1975.
sample law:
http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/bdamo19571966293/
PART II - REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS.
Register of Births.
6.-(1) The Registrar shall register each birth occurring on the Island, particulars of which are furnished to him in accordance with this Ordinance and, for this purpose, shall maintain a Register of Births.
(2) The registration of a birth under this Part shall be effected by an entry in the Register of Births in accordance with Form l.
(3) The Administrator may certify that a register or record of births maintained or purporting to have been maintained under the authority or approval of the Administrator or a predecessor in office of the Administrator and in existence immediately prior to the commencement of this Ordinance is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true record of births that have occurred on the Island from and including the twenty-fifth day of January, 1915, and the register or record so certified shall form part of the Register of Births.
Particulars of birth to be furnished.
7.-(1) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, where a child is born on the Island, a parent of the child shall within twenty-one days after the date of the birth, notify the Registrar of the birth and furnish to the Registrar such information as the Registrar requires for the purpose of registering the birth.
Penalty: Ten pounds.
(2) Where the notification of the birth of a child cannot be given by a parent of the child, the occupier of the building or place where the child is born shall, within twenty-one days after the date of the birth, notify the Registrar of the birth and furnish to the: Registrar such information as the Registrar requires for the purpose of registering the birth.
Penalty: Ten pounds.
Hi,
Great info. The link is to New South Wales and I’m not sure if their information is the same as South Australia.
I have no clue about Australia...
That is legislation for New South Wales.
You need to find the legislation for South Australia.
That is like citing a California law and claiming it applies to New York.