Status of Children Regulations 1999
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Status of Children Act 1974 .
9 August 1999G. S. M. GREEN
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
P. PATMORE
Minister for Justice and Industrial Relations
These regulations may be cited as the Status of Children Regulations 1999 .
These regulations take effect on 1 January 2000.
(1) In these regulations –Act means the Status of Children Act 1974 ;fee unit means a fee unit calculated in accordance with the Fee Units Act 1997 ;file means file in the office of the Registrar-General;instrument means an instrument of the kind described in section 8C(2) of the Act.(2) In these regulations, a reference to a form is a reference to a form in Schedule 1 .
4. Instruments of acknowledgment
(1) An instrument –(a) is to be in accordance with Form 1; or(b) is to be in another form and contain or be accompanied by a document containing the particulars in respect of the child and the parents specified in Form 1.(2) A copy of an instrument is to be verified by a statutory declaration of a party to the instrument, a solicitor or a clerk to a solicitor to be a true copy of the instrument of which it purports to be a copy.(3) The Registrar-General may refuse to accept for filing an instrument or copy which, in his or her opinion –(a) is illegible, wholly or in part; or(b) is likely to become illegible, wholly or in part.
The Registrar-General, on payment of a fee of 25 fee units, may furnish a certified copy of an instrument or a certified copy of a copy of an instrument to any person who, in the opinion of the Registrar-General, is entitled under section 9(2) of the Act to inspect the instrument or copy.
SCHEDULE 1 - Forms
FORM 1 | INSTRUMENT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT | Tasmania | Status of Children Act 1974 | CHILD | 1. Surname: | 2. Given names: | 3. Date of birth: | 4. Born at: | 5. Sex: | FATHER | 6. Surname: | 7. Given names: | 8. Usual occupation: | 9. Year of birth: | 10. Birthplace: | MOTHER | 11. Surname: | 12. Given names: | 13. Maiden surname, if married: | 14. Year of birth: | 15. Birthplace: | 16. Usual place of residence: | WE, the father and mother named above, acknowledge that we are respectively the father and mother of the child named above, and we certify that the above information is correct, according to the best of our knowledge and belief. | The following section of the form is to be used only if this form is signed in the presence of a solicitor: | .............................................................. (Signature of father) | .............................................................. (Signature of mother) | Signed in the presence of – | Signed in the presence of – | .............................................................. (Signature of solicitor) | .............................................................. (Signature of solicitor) | .............................................................. (Name of solicitor) | .............................................................. (Name of solicitor) | .............................................................. (Address of solicitor) | .............................................................. (Address of solicitor) | Dated ....................................... | Dated ........................................ | If this form is not signed in the presence of a solicitor, it must be executed as a deed, as follows: | SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED by | SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED by | .............................................................. (Signature of father) | .............................................................. (Signature of mother) | .............................................................. (Seal) | .............................................................. (Seal) | Dated .................................... | Dated .................................... | in the presence of – | in the presence of – | .............................................................. (Signature of witness) | .............................................................. (Signature of witness) | .............................................................. (Full name of witness) | .............................................................. (Full name of witness) | .............................................................. (Postal address of witness) | .............................................................. (Postal address of witness) | NOTES | Item 4. If the child was born in Tasmania, insert the exact address. | Items 10 and 15. The birthplaces are to be given as – | (a) if born in Australia, the State of birth (e.g. "Victoria"); or | (b) if born outside Australia, the country of birth (e.g. "France"). |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 18 August 1999
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations prescribe –(a) the manner of filing an instrument of a kind referred to in section 8C(2) of the Status of Children Act 1974 ; and(b) the fee to be charged for a certified copy of an instrument.