BILL 10

An Act to Amend An Act Respecting Vital Statistics

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Section 37 of An Act Respecting Vital Statistics, chapter 37 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 2011, is amended

(a)  by repealing paragraph (c) and substituting the following:

(c) by adding after subsection (2) the following:

39 (2.1) The Registrar General may issue a certificate of birth registration that contains the particulars listed in subsection (1) to an applicant who is not a person or of a class of persons prescribed by regulation as eligible to apply for the certificate if

(a) the Registrar General is satisfied that the certificate is not to be used for an unlawful or improper purpose,

(b) the Registrar General believes that refusing to issue the certificate would cause undue hardship to

(i) the person to whom the certificate applies, or

(ii) the applicant, and

(c) the applicant pays the fee prescribed by regulation.

39 (2.2) A certificate of birth registration issued under subsection (2) or (2.1) may contain the names of the parents of the person named in the certificate in addition to the particulars listed in subsection (1).

(b)  by repealing paragraph (e) and substituting the following:

(e) by adding after subsection (3) the following:

39 (3.1) The Registrar General shall issue to an applicant a certificate of marriage registration that contains the particulars listed in subsection (3) if

(a) the Registrar General is satisfied that the certificate is not to be used for an unlawful or improper purpose,

(b) the applicant is a person or of a class of persons prescribed by regulation as eligible to apply for the certificate and he or she provides any additional information requested by the Registrar General to establish this fact, and

(c) the applicant pays the fee prescribed by regulation.

39 (3.2) The Registrar General may issue a certificate of marriage registration that contains the particulars listed in subsection (3) to an applicant who is not a person or of a class of persons prescribed by regulation as eligible to apply for the certificate if

(a) the Registrar General is satisfied that the certificate is not to be used for an unlawful or improper purpose,

(b) the Registrar General believes that refusing to issue the certificate would cause undue hardship to

(i) a party to the marriage, or

(ii) the applicant, and

(c) the applicant pays the fee prescribed by regulation.