An Act to amend the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2015 for particular purposesThe Parliament of Queensland enacts—Part 1Preliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Act 2018.Part 2Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 20032Act amendedThis part amends the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003.3Amendment of s 22 (When a sexual reassignment may be noted)(1)Section 22, heading, ‘When a sexual’—omit, insert—Sexual(2)Section 22, from ‘only’ to ‘married’—omit.4Insertion of new pt 9, div 8Part 9—insert—Division 8Transitional provision for Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Act 201867Transitional provision for particular applicationsSection 22, as in force at the commencement, applies to—

(a)an application made under section 23, but not finally dealt with, before the commencement; and

(b)an application made under section 23 after the commencement, whether or not the person underwent sexual reassignment surgery before the commencement.

Part 3Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 20155Regulation amendedThis part amends the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2015.6Amendment of s 12 (Noting reassignment of sex—Act, s 23)Section 12(2)(d)—omit.© State of Queensland 2018