Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022

Minister may authorise Agency and Authority to conduct review or trace

33. (1) The Minister, where he or she is satisfied that it is necessary and in the public interest to do so, may, by direction in writing, require the Agency or the Authority to do either or both of the following:

(a) investigate whether there is evidence that a person has, or persons have, been the subject of an incorrect birth registration, including by—

(i) conducting a review of the records that it holds, or a sample or specified class of such records, and

(ii) obtaining other information relevant to such investigation;

(b) conduct a trace for the purpose of locating a person, or obtaining information, for the purpose of—

(i) obtaining evidence a person has, or persons have, been the subject of an incorrect birth registration,

(ii) confirming that a person has, or persons have, been the subject of an incorrect birth registration, or

(iii) informing a person that he or she has been the subject of an incorrect birth registration.