Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2024

Public bill · Government · Presented

The measures would let parents register births and stillbirths online and create a similar online process for death registration, while keeping in-person services in place. It also shortens the time for registering deaths, lets a death certificate be issued sooner in some coroner cases, broadens access to stillbirth records through a new public-facing record, and updates rules so father details are provided more consistently. The changes matter because they make registration faster, more resilient during disruptions, and easier for families to complete at a time of loss.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to make provision for the registration online of births and the notification and registration online of deaths; to make certain other amendments to that Act including for the purposes of the establishment and maintenance of a record of stillbirths and for the provision, in certain circumstances, of corroborated particulars of death certificates; to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 30 August 2024