The Registrar may include registrable information about the identity of the child's parents in the Register for any of the following reasons:
- by joint application of the parents of the child;
- on the application of one parent of the child because the other parent is dead or cannot be found, or for some other reason;
- on the application of one parent of the child and the Registrar is satisfied the other parent does not dispute the correctness of the information;
- by order of the Court to include that information;
- in accordance with a finding of the Court as to the child's parentage, e.g. a declaration under the Status of Children Act 1974 (Vic); or
- on the basis of presumptions made by the Registrar under any law, both other state law and Commonwealth law.
The Registrar may, in limited circumstances, include information provided by a person who is not a parent, or by one parent, and the registrable information relates to the identity of that parent only.
After the birth registration, additional registrable information about the person can be included in the Register. The application must be made in writing and, if required by the Registrar, the information must be verified by a statutory declaration accompanying the application.
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