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(1) Unless authorised by the Registrar-General to register births, a Registrar who is notified of a birth in New Zealand shall, to the extent that the information given is information required by the standard form (and subject to section 12A), send it to the Registrar-General or to a Registrar specified by the Registrar-General (as the Registrar-General for the time being directs).
(2) Subject to sections 12A 14 to 16 and 82,—
(a) a Registrar (being a Registrar authorised by the Registrar-General to register births) who—
(i) is notified of a birth in New Zealand; or
(ii) has been sent birth information under subsection (1)—
shall, to the extent that the information given is information required by the standard form, register it; and
(b) if sent birth information under subsection (1), the Registrar-General shall, to the extent that it is information required by the standard form, register it.
(3) Every still-birth shall so be registered that the fact that the birth is a still-birth can clearly be ascertained.
Section 12(1): amended, on 24 January 2009, by section 46 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Section 12(1): amended, on 21 April 2005, by section 16 of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 43).
Section 12(2): amended, on 21 April 2005, by section 16 of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 43).
Section 12(2)(a): amended, on 24 January 2009, by section 46 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Section 12(2)(b): amended, on 24 January 2009, by section 46 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
