Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999


		Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 28 January 2005

Western Australia

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998

1.Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999 1.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 comes into operation 1.

3.Definition

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —

“5 year search” means a search about a particular registrable event that is conducted in the Register, an index to the Register or both in respect of a period of 5 consecutive years or less.

4. Fees

The fees set out in column 2 of the Table to this regulation are payable in respect of the corresponding matters in column 1 of the Table.

Table

Item	Matter	Fee
	Certified copies, certificates, extracts and searches
1.	Certified copy of a registration other than one provided under item 2 or 3 of this Table (includes one 5 year search).	$40.00
2.	Commemorative certificate (includes one 5 year search and the issue of a standard certified copy of the registration).	$50.00
3.	Certified copy of a registration at least 60 years old if the applicant provides the registration number and identifies the registration district.	$30.00
4.	Extract of an entry in a register of births, deaths or marriages (includes one 5 year search).	$40.00
5.	Certified copy of portion of adoptee’s birth registration that does not refer to the adoption or the birth parents.	$40.00
6.	Each 5 year search (other than a 5 year search referred to in item 1, 2 or 4 of this Table).	$25.00
7.	Result of search certificate.	$25.00
	Registrations and changes to the Register
8.	Registration of birth if the birth registration statement is lodged more than 12 months after the birth.	$35.00
9.	Registration of change of name.	$140.00
10.	Addition to, or correction of, information in the Register.	$35.00
11.	Change to a child’s name within 12 months of birth.	$35.00
12.	Notation of change of name in the entry relating to a birth if the application is made after the change of name is registered.	$35.00
	Miscellaneous
13.	Priority service, in addition to any other fee.	$30.00
14.	Microfiche set containing consolidated birth, death and marriage index records — 1841‑1905.	$140.00
15.	Compact disk containing birth, death and marriage index records — 1841‑1905.	$205.00
16.	Microfiche set containing death index records 1906‑1953 1954‑1965 1966‑1970 1971‑1980	$100.00 $35.00 $20.00 $40.00
17.	Microfiche set containing marriage index records 1906‑1930 1931‑1953 1954‑1965	$35.00 $55.00 $35.00

[Regulation 4 amended in Gazette 1 Sep 2000 p. 5010‑11 (correction in Gazette 8 Sep 2000 p. 5188); amended in Gazette 30 Jul 2002 p. 3529; 1 Jul 2003 p. 2662‑3; 29 Jun 2004 p. 2531‑2.]

Notes

1This reprint is a compilation as at 28 January 2005 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Citation	Gazettal	Commencement
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999	12 Mar 1999 p. 1163‑5	14 Apr 1999 (see r. 2 and Gazette 9 Apr 1999 p. 1433)
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2000	1 Sep 2000 p. 5010‑11 (correction 8 Sep 2000 p. 5188)	1 Sep 2000
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2002	30 Jul 2002 p. 3529	30 Jul 2002
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2003	1 Jul 2003 p. 2661‑3	1 Jul 2003 (see r. 2)
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Regulations 2004	29 Jun 2004 p. 2531‑2	1 Jul 2004 (see r. 2)
Reprint 1: The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1999 as at 28 Jan 2005 (includes amendments listed above)