Myers v Registrar, Births, Deaths and Marriages [2020] NSWCATAD 131

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Myers v Registrar, Births, Deaths and Marriages [2020] NSWCATAD 131 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 13 May 2020 Decision date: 13 May 2020 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: Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2017 Cases Cited: Nakad v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAP 10 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Gloria Jean Myers (Applicant) Registrar, Births, Deaths and Marriages (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Applicant (Self Represented) Department of Customer Service (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00045523 Publication restriction: Nil

REASONS FOR DECISION

Background 1. The Applicant, Gloria Jean Myers, seeks review of the decision of the Registrar, Births, Deaths and Marriages that refused her request to alter her birth details so as to change her date of birth from 17 June 1953 to 16 June 1953. That decision was affirmed on internal review and the Applicant now seeks review by this Tribunal. 2. It appears that the anomaly between the Applicant's claimed date of birth and that on her birth certificate has raised issues with Centrelink, which may explain why it is only now that the Applicant, aged 66, seeks to have the record corrected.