2006

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION AMENDMENT REGULATION 2006 (No 1)

SUBORDINATE LAW NO. SL2006-44

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Circulated by authority of the
Simon Corbell MLA
Attorney General

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION AMENDMENT REGULATION 2006 (No 1)
SL2006-44

Overview

The Birth, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulation is made under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997 and amends the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 1998.

The amendment is to include the Aboriginality of the deceased as an item of information to be provided by funeral directors when notification of a death is carried out.  

Under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997 funeral directors are not penalised if information about a deceased person cannot be obtained.  They merely have an obligation to use reasonable diligence to obtain the information and to provide it to the Registrar-General once it has been obtained.

The purpose in providing an Aboriginal indicator on death notification forms is to gain a better understanding of the death rate, the cause of death and age at death, to provide evidence for policy formulation.  

Notes on clauses

Clause 1 — Name of regulation 
This clause provides the name of the regulation.

Clause 2 — Commencement
This clause provides for the regulation to commence on the day after the day it is notified under the Legislation Act 2001.  

Clause 3 — legislation amended
This clause explains that this regulation amends the Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registration Regulation 1998.

Clause 4 — new section 9
This clause inserts a new requirement to state whether the deceased was an Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander.