Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
section 18, a person may apply to the Registrar for the inclusion of
additional registrable information about a person’s birth registration
in the Register.
(2) An application
under subsection (1) —
(a) must
be made in writing;
(b) must
include such information that may be required by the Registrar;
(c) in
relation to a child, may include a request that a different surname for the
child be entered in the Register (the proposed surname ); and
(d)
must, if the Registrar requires verification of the information contained in
the application, be accompanied by a statutory declaration verifying the
information contained in the application and other evidence the Registrar may
require.
(3) Subject to
subsection (4), on an application under subsection (1) that includes
a request that a different surname for a child be entered in the Register
—
(a) if
the application is jointly made by both parents of the child, the Registrar
may change the surname for the child entered in the Register to the proposed
surname; or
(b) if
the application is not jointly made by both parents of the child, the
Registrar may change the surname for the child entered in the Register to the
proposed surname if —
(i)
the child’s other parent has died; or
(ii)
the child’s other parent cannot be found but other
children of the same parents are registered in the proposed surname.
(4) On an application
under subsection (1) that includes a request that a different surname for
a child be entered in the Register the Registrar may change the surname for
the child entered in the Register to the proposed surname —
(a) if
the proposed surname is not a prohibited name; and
(b) if
the child is 12 years of age or more and —
(i)
the child consents to the proposed surname; or
(ii)
the child is unable to understand the meaning and
implications of the change of surname.
[Section 19 amended by No. 3 of 2002
s. 31.]