New Zealand Legislation: Acts

62G Recording new names in relation to civil unions

• (1) Subsection (2) applies if, during the course of a civil union, a party to the civil union changes his or her name and the change is recorded in the person's birth information or name change information.

  (2) The person who has changed his or her name (or if the person has died, the other party to the civil union) may request the Registrar-General to include the new name or change of name in his or her civil union information.

  (3) A request under subsection (2) may be made when the statutory declaration is deposited under section 21A.

  (4) The Registrar-General must include the new name or change of name as requested, if the request is accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

  Section 62G: substituted, on 24 January 2009, by section 21 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).