New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
There is hereby prescribed to be contained in a birth certificate relating to any person's birth,—
(a) in all cases,—
(i) the person's full name as registered on the initial registration of the birth:
(ii) details of all changes of the person's name registered after the initial registration of the birth:
(iii) the person's sex:
(iv) the date of the birth:
(v) the place of the birth:
(vi) where the birth was a multiple birth, the fact that it was such a birth and the person's birth order:
(vii) in relation to the person's parents, full name; date of birth; age at the time of the child's birth; and place of birth; and full name at birth (if not the full name on initial registration of the birth); as registered on the initial registration of the birth:
(viii) the person's citizenship by birth status, if the person was born on or after 1 January 2006:
(b) in the case of birth in respect of which the information was expressly recorded,—
(i) the kainga (residence), iwi (tribe), and ahuatanga (description) of the person's mother:
(ii) the kainga, iwi, and ahuatanga of the person's father.
Regulation 6(a)(vii): amended, on 26 April 2005, by regulation 4 of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Prescribed Information and Forms) Amendment Regulations 2005 (SR 2005/82).
Regulation 6(a)(viii): added, on 1 January 2006, by regulation 3 of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Prescribed Information and Forms) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2005 (SR 2005/298).
