Grant v Registrar, Births, Deaths and Marriages [2021] NSWCATAD 282

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Grant v Registrar, Births, Deaths and Marriages [2021] NSWCATAD 282 Hearing dates: 20 September 2021 Date of orders: 28 September 2021 Decision date: 28 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Naida Isenberg, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – registration of birth – whether Registrar should correct the Applicant's name recorded in the Register Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Cases Cited: Grosser v Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages [2020] NSWCATAD 55 Myers v Registrar, Births, Deaths and Marriages [2020] NSWCATAD 131 O'Keefe v Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages [2020] NSWCATAD 233 Smith v Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2020] NSWCATAD 295 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Annet Grant: Applicant Registrar, Births, Deaths and Marriages: Respondent Representation: Solicitors: Applicant: self-represented Respondent: Customer Service, NSW Government File Number(s): 2021/149383

REASONS FOR DECISION 1. On 11 December 2020 the Applicant, who is known as Annet Grant, applied to the Respondent, the Registrar, Births, Deaths and Marriages to have her birth certificate corrected to record her given name as "Annet", rather than "Annette". Her application was refused. That decision was affirmed on internal review, and the Applicant now seeks review by this Tribunal.