Western Australian Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1998 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998	39 of 1998	30 Oct 1998	s. 1 and 2: 30 Oct 1998; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 14 Apr 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 9 Apr 1999 p. 1433)
Acts Amendment (Lesbian and Gay Law Reform) Act 2002 Pt. 5	3 of 2002	17 Apr 2002	21 Sep 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 20 Sep 2002 p. 4693)
Reprint 1: The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 as at 11 Jun 2004 (includes amendments listed above)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 12 2	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Medical Practitioners Act 2008 Sch. 3 cl. 5	22 of 2008	27 May 2008	1 Dec 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Nov 2008 p. 4989)
Surrogacy Act 2008 Pt. 4 Div. 1	47 of 2008	10 Dec 2008	1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Feb 2009 p. 512)
Reprint 2: The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 as at 24 Jul 2009 (includes amendments listed above)
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 Pt. 5 Div. 6	35 of 2010	30 Aug 2010	18 Oct 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 1 Oct 2010 p. 5075-6)

² The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
adult 4
approved 4
birth 4
birth registration statement 4
change 4
child 4
corresponding law 4
death 4
disposal 4
doctor 4
funeral director 4
human remains 4
neonatal death 4
parentage order 26(2)
prohibited name 4
proposed surname 19(2)(c)
Register 4, 49(1)
registering authority 4
registrable event 4
registrable information 4
Registrar 4
responsible person 12(1)
State 4
State court 4
still-birth 4
still-born child 4