Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill
About this bill
This bill re-enacts the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995; gives effect to the recommendations arising from the Minister of Internal Affairs’ review presented on 20 October 2016; updates and amends provisions in the existing law; and responds to 3 discrete issues raised in the Law Commission’s review of burial and cremation law.
Current status
Royal Assent given 15 December 2021.
Enacted as the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (2021/57)
Member of Parliament responsible
Bill type
Government bill
All data
| Bill type | Government bill |
|---|---|
| Parliament | 53 |
| Ref | 296-3 |
| Introduced | 10 August 2017 |
| First reading | 5 December 2017 |
| Select Committee | Governance and Administration Committee |
| Public submissions due | 2 March 2018 |
| Select Committee report back | 10 August 2018 |
| Second reading | 11 August 2021 |
| Committee of the whole House | 7 December 2021 |
| Third reading | 9 December 2021 |
| Royal Assent | 15 December 2021 |
| Enacted as | Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (2021/57) |
| Divided | No |
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