Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2012

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2012

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 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999 .

1 October 2012

PETER G. UNERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

BRIAN WIGHTMAN

Minister for Justice

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2012 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the seventh day after the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 2010 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Schedule 1 substituted

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following Schedule is substituted:

SCHEDULE 1 - Fees

Regulation 3

		Fee (Fee units)
1.	A search of the Register in any one name (including the issue of the relevant document) –
	(a) for a period not exceeding 5 years; and	31
	(b) for each additional 5-year period or part of such a period	11
2.	The issue of a certificate (in addition to the search fee)	17
3.	The issue of a medical practitioner's certificate of cause of death (in addition to the search fee)	17
4.	A certified copy of an entry not otherwise provided for	31
5.	Priority fee for processing a request on the same day	22
6.	Family history searching service, for each 20-minute period or part of such a period	31
7.	An application to register a change of name, including noting the new name in the Register in this State, or advising the relevant registry in another State in which the person's birth is registered, and the issue of a change of name certificate	121
8.	An application for the amendment of information in the Register not otherwise provided for (not including the issue of a replacement certificate)	33
9.	The addition to the Register of details of either parent or of his or her marriage –
	(a) if application is made by both parents; or	50
	(b) if application is made by one parent	121
10.	An application to register a change of sex (not including the issue of a replacement certificate)	50

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 10 October 2012

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 2010 by increasing certain prescribed fees that are payable under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999 .