Commentary on Sections Section 98: Information contained in entries of births and deaths
460.Subsection (2) inserts a new provision after section 34 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 that allows the Minister to make regulations that will enable the RG to carry out searches on behalf of customers in order to locate an entry within the records, or to provide information from a birth or death entry in different ways, not just in the form of a certificate. It also allows regulations to be made that specify a fee for, and define how the customer may request, a search or product, and what form of product is to be offered.
461.Subsections (3) and (4) make minor consequential amendments to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.