Vital Statistics Act

(1) This Act applies in respect of events occurring before or after the coming into force of this Act.

(2) If an event occurs on a vessel in transit or on an aircraft in flight, and the first port of call of the vessel or the first place of landing of the aircraft after the event is in the Northwest Territories, the event is deemed to have occurred in the Northwest Territories for the purposes of this Act.

(3) If the crew of a vessel recovers a body in the water and the first port of call of the vessel after the recovery is in the Northwest Territories, the death is deemed to have occurred in the Northwest Territories for the purposes of this Act.

PART 1 ADMINISTRATION

Vital Statistics Register and Special Register

(1) The vital statistics register is established.

(2) The vital statistics register consists of records respecting the registration of events

(3) The special register maintained under subsection 14(1) of the former Act is continued.

(1) The Registrar General shall

(2) The Deputy Registrar General

(1) The Registrar General may appoint subregistrars.

(2) A subregistrar

(1) The Registrar General may establish and maintain an electronic database of

(2) The electronic database does not include the electronic version of records maintained under subsection 10(2) as a permanent record of the original record.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Registrar General may rely on the information recorded in the electronic database for any purpose related to the administration of this Act.

(4) If there is a conflict or inconsistency between any information recorded in the electronic database and information set out in an original record or an electronic version of an original record, the information set out in the original record or electronic version prevails.

(5) The Registrar General may at any time and on his or her initiative, correct a clerical or typographical error or omission in the electronic database.

(1) The Registrar General may copy and create an electronic version of any original record.

(2) The Registrar General may dispose of an original record, in accordance with the regulations, if he or she maintains an electronic version of the original record as a permanent record.

(1) Subject to sections 29, 30 and 53, the Registrar General may only register an event if he or she has received a statement in respect of the event and

(2) The Registrar General may only accept a statement in respect of an event if

(3) An event is registered when

(1) The Registrar General shall, before or after the registration of an event, inquire into the matter if he or she has received a statement in respect of an event and

(2) The Registrar General may, for the purpose of an inquiry under subsection (1), require any person to do one or more of the following:

(1) A person may apply to the Registrar General after an event is registered for an amendment to the statement registered in respect of the event.

(2) Subject to this Act, the Registrar General may amend a statement registered in respect of an event if he or she

(1) The Registrar General shall amend a statement by

(2) The Registrar General shall amend an electronic version of a statement in accordance with the regulations.

(1) The Registrar General may cancel the registration of an event if he or she is satisfied that

(2) Before cancelling a registration under subsection (1), the Registrar General may provide notice to any person that he or she considers may be interested in or affected by the cancellation.

(1) If the Registrar General is satisfied that the registration of an event has been fraudulently or improperly obtained, he or she shall serve notice of his or her intention to cancel the registration on

(2) A notice referred to in subsection (1) must

(3) If the Registrar General is unable to serve notice on a person referred to in subsection (1), he or she may apply to the Supreme Court for an order for substitutional service or an order dispensing with service.

(4) If the Registrar General is satisfied that it is in the public interest to cancel a registration without serving notice under subsection (1), he or she may apply to the Supreme Court for an order dispensing with service and authorizing the Registrar General to cancel the registration.

(5) The Registrar General may cancel a registration if no person served with notice under subsection (1) objects to the cancellation in writing within the time specified in the notice.

(6) If, after considering objections, the Registrar General is satisfied that a registration should be cancelled, he or she shall apply to the Supreme Court for an order authorizing the cancellation.

(7) The Registrar General shall cancel a registration in accordance with an order of the Supreme Court.

(1) The registration of an event is cancelled when the Registrar General makes a notation to that effect on the statement registered in respect of the event.

(2) Where the Registrar General cancels the registration of an event he or she may order a person to deliver to the Registrar General, within the time he or she specifies, every certificate or certified copy issued in respect of the registration that is in the person’s possession.

(3) A person who is subject to an order of the Registrar General under subsection (2) shall comply with the order within the time period specified in the order.

(1) The following persons shall, within 30 days after the birth of a child in the Northwest Territories, complete and submit to the Registrar General a birth registration statement in accordance with this Part:

(2) A birth registration statement must include particulars of

(3) If a pregnancy results in the birth of more than one child, a separate birth registration statement must be submitted for each child and each birth registration statement must indicate the number of children born and their order of birth.

(1) If a birth occurs in a hospital, or occurs in a place other than a hospital but the child is brought to a hospital shortly thereafter, the person in charge of the hospital shall provide a birth registration statement form

(2) A person in charge of a hospital referred to in subsection (1) shall

(3) Where a person in charge of a hospital obtains a birth registration statement in which any particulars of the birth are omitted, he or she shall enter any of the omitted particulars that are known to him or her before submitting the statement to the Registrar General.

(4) A person in charge of a hospital shall not enter particulars on a birth registration statement that has been signed by a parent unless that parent is notified of the entry.

(5) A person in charge of a hospital who is unable to obtain a completed birth registration statement shall, without delay, submit a notice of birth to the Registrar General.

(1) A health care professional who attends at a birth that occurs in a place other than a hospital shall, without delay after the birth, provide a birth registration statement form to the parents of the child or to a person to whom paragraph 24(1)(c) applies.

(2) A health care professional referred to in subsection (1) shall

(3) Where a health care professional obtains a birth registration statement in which any particulars of the birth are omitted, he or she shall enter any of the omitted particulars that are known to him or her before submitting the statement to the Registrar General.

(4) A health care professional shall not enter particulars on a birth registration statement that has been signed by a parent unless the parent is notified of the entry.

(5) A health care professional who is unable to obtain a completed birth registration statement shall, without delay, submit a notice of birth to the Registrar General.

(1) If a birth is not registered within one year after the date of the birth, any person may apply to the Registrar General to register the birth.

(2) The Registrar General shall register a birth after the expiry of one year after the date of the birth, if he or she receives

(1) If a newborn child is found abandoned, the person who finds the child and any person who assumes charge of the child shall provide to the Registrar General, within 14 days after the finding or the assumption of charge, any information that the person has in respect of the particulars of the birth of the child.

(2) If the Registrar General is satisfied that every reasonable effort has been made without success to identify a child described in subsection (1) or to locate a parent of the child, the Registrar General may

(3) A medical practitioner who examines a child in accordance with paragraph (2)(b) shall, without delay, make and submit to the Registrar General a statutory declaration setting out the facts as determined by the examination, including the sex and the date or probable date of birth of the child.

(4) The Registrar General may complete a birth registration statement in respect of a child described in subsection (1) on the basis of the information obtained under subsections (2) and (3) and register the birth.

(5) The Registrar General may establish a surname and given name for a child described in subsection (1), having regard to any names informally given to the child by persons who have charge of the child, if the information established under subsection (2) does not establish a name.

(1) The Registrar General shall, after registering a birth under subsection 30(4), send a copy of the documents filed in respect of the registration to the Director under the Child and Family Services Act.

(2) If, after registering a birth under subsection 30(4), the Registrar General receives further information respecting the particulars of the child and he or she is satisfied that the information is correct, the Registrar General shall

(1) The Registrar General shall register the birth of child with a name that

(2) The components of a double surname may be joined by a hyphen.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a birth registration statement in respect of a child does not show a given name for the child, or the given name does not meet the requirements of this section or is refused by the Registrar General under section 35, the Registrar General may register the birth of the child without a given name.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Registrar General may register the birth of a child with a single name that is determined in accordance with the child’s traditional culture if the person completing the birth registration statement in respect of the child provides the Registrar General with the supporting evidence required by the regulations.

(5) The single name to be registered under subsection (4) must be the single name proposed by

SNWT 2016,c.12,s.3(2).

(1) The Registrar General shall register the surname of a child as follows:

(2) If the circumstances described in subparagraph (1)(c)(ii) or (d)(ii) apply in respect of a child and one or both of the parents has a hyphenated or combined surname, only one of the names in a parent’s surname may be used in the surname of the child.

(1) If the birth of a child has been registered, and the birth registration statement in respect of the birth does not include a given name, or the child is, within five years after the date of the birth, known by a given name that is different from or in addition to the given names that have been registered, the following persons may apply to the Registrar General to amend the birth registration statement to change or add a given name:

(2) The Registrar General shall amend a birth registration statement to change or add a given name if he or she receives

(1) Notwithstanding sections 32 to 34, the Registrar General may refuse to register a name proposed on a birth registration statement or to add or change the name of a child on a birth registration statement, if he or she is satisfied that the name

(2) On refusing to register, add or change a name under subsection (1), the Registrar General shall provide written reasons to the applicant. SNWT 2016,c.12,s.4.

(1) The Registrar General may only amend a birth registration statement to change the particulars of parentage in accordance with this section or section 37.

(2) Where the Registrar General receives a certified copy of a declaratory order respecting the parentage of a child made under section 4, 5, 5.1 or 7 of the Children’s Law Act, or made by a court of competent jurisdiction in another jurisdiction, the Registrar General shall, if the birth of the child is registered and he or she receives satisfactory evidence that the child named in the order is the child named in the birth registration statement, amend the statement to

(1) In the absence of an order referred to in subsection 36(2), if the particulars of only one parent are set out on a birth registration statement registered in respect of a child, the following persons may jointly apply to the Registrar General to amend the statement to add the particulars of another parent, change the surname of the child, or both:

(2) The Registrar General shall amend a birth registration statement to add the particulars of another parent, change the surname of the child, or both, if he or she receives

(3) On refusing to amend a birth registration statement under this section, the Registrar General shall provide written reasons to the applicants. Registration of Adoption and Custom Adoption

(1) Where the Registrar General receives a certified copy of an adoption order made under the Adoption Act or any predecessor Act or a certified copy of a certificate recognizing a custom adoption issued under the Aboriginal Custom Adoption Recognition Act, the Registrar General shall register the adoption or custom adoption by

(2) Where the birth of an adopted person had been registered prior to the registration of an adoption or custom adoption, or is registered thereafter, and the Registrar General receives satisfactory evidence that the adopted person is the person named in the birth registration statement, the Registrar General shall

(3) The date of a new birth registration statement referred to in paragraph (2)(b) must be the date of the withdrawn birth registration statement.

(4) A new birth registration statement referred to in paragraph (2)(b) must include the following:

(5) Where the Registrar General receives a certified copy of an adoption order, judgment or decree made by a court of competent jurisdiction in another jurisdiction, or satisfactory evidence of an adoption in accordance with aboriginal custom or law recognized in law in a province or another territory, and the birth of the adopted person has been registered, the Registrar General shall, if he or she receives satisfactory evidence that the adopted person is the person named in the birth registration statement,

(6) Where the Registrar General receives a certified copy of an adoption order made under the Adoption Act or any predecessor Act or a certified copy of a certificate recognizing a custom adoption issued under the Aboriginal Custom Adoption Recognition Act in respect of a person born outside the Northwest Territories, the Registrar General shall deliver a certified copy of the order or certificate to the person in charge of the registration of births in the other jurisdiction.

(1) In this section, "registry information" means information deposited with the Adoption Registry under the Adoption Act.

(2) The Registrar General may, on application and payment of the prescribed fee, issue a certified copy of an original birth registration statement maintained in the special register in respect of an adopted person, to

(3) A person who receives a certified copy under paragraph (2)(b)

(4) Where one of the parties to a proposed marriage is an adopted child, the Registrar General may, on the request of an issuer, a registered cleric or a marriage commissioner as each is defined in section 1 of the Marriage Act, refer to the special register and disclose to the person who made the request whether the parties are prohibited from marrying each other by the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act (Canada).

(5) No person shall, except as authorized by this section or by an order of the Supreme Court, make public or disclose to any person any entry, information or documents contained in the special register. SNWT 2017,c.20,s.14.

(1) A person who has attained the age of majority may apply to the Registrar General to amend the designation of sex on the person’s birth registration statement.

(2) A person who has lawful custody of a minor may apply to the Registrar General to amend the designation of sex on the minor’s birth registration statement.

(3) A person shall not apply for an amendment under subsection (2) if a court order, or a parental or separation agreement as defined in subsection 15(1) of the Children’s Law Act, prohibits the amendment.

(4) An applicant under subsection (1) or (2) shall

SNWT 2016,c.12,s.5.

(1) The Registrar General shall amend a birth registration statement to change the designation of sex of an applicant or minor if the Registrar General

(2) For greater certainty, in amending a birth registration statement under subsection (1) in respect of a person whose gender identity does not correspond to male or female, the Registrar General may use another designation for the sex of the person.

(3) On refusing to amend a birth registration statement under this section, the Registrar General shall provide written reasons to the applicant. SNWT 2016,c.12,s.5.

(1) Where a stillbirth occurs in the Northwest Territories, the person who would have been responsible for the registration under subsection 24(1) had the stillbirth been a birth shall, without delay after the stillbirth, enter the personal particulars of the stillborn child on a stillbirth registration statement and submit the statement to a person required to complete the medical certificate portion of the statement under section 45.

(2) A stillbirth registration statement must include particulars of

(3) If a pregnancy results in the stillbirth of more than one child, a separate stillbirth registration statement must be completed for each child and each statement must indicate the number of stillborn children.

(1) If a stillbirth occurs in a hospital, or occurs in a place other than a hospital and the body of the stillborn child is brought to a hospital shortly thereafter, and there is no reason to believe that the stillbirth is a reportable death, the person in charge of the hospital shall, before the body is released from the hospital,

(2) A person in charge of a hospital who is unable to obtain a stillbirth registration statement with the personal particulars of the stillborn child completed shall, without delay, submit a notice of stillbirth to the Registrar General.

(3) If a stillbirth that is a reportable death occurs in a hospital, or occurs in a place other than a hospital and the body of the stillborn child is brought to a hospital shortly thereafter, the person in charge of the hospital shall, without delay, submit a notice of stillbirth to the Registrar General.

(1) If a marriage is not registered within one year after the date of the marriage, any person may apply to the Registrar General to register the marriage.

(2) The Registrar General shall register a marriage after the expiry of one year after the date of the marriage, if he or she receives

(1) Where a marriage that occurred in the Northwest Territories is dissolved or annulled by an order, judgment or decree of the Supreme Court, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall deliver a certified copy of the order, judgment or decree to the Registrar General.

(2) The Registrar General shall make a notation of the dissolution or annulment of a marriage on a marriage registration statement registered in respect of the marriage, if he or she receives

(1) The death of every person who dies in the Northwest Territories must be registered as provided in this Part.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, a cause of death must be listed according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems as last revised by the International Conference for that purpose and published by the World Health Organization.

(1) In this section, "relative" includes a spouse as defined in subsection 1(1) of the Family Law Act.

(2) The following persons shall, without delay after the death of a person in the Northwest Territories, enter the personal particulars of the deceased on a death registration statement and submit the statement to a person required to complete the medical certificate portion of the statement under section 57:

(3) A person who has not attained the age of majority but is a parent of the deceased, may enter the personal particulars of the deceased on a death registration statement and submit the statement to a person required to complete the medical certificate portion of the statement under section 57.

(1) The following persons shall, without delay after receiving a death registration statement with the personal particulars of the deceased completed, complete the medical certificate portion of the statement and submit the statement to the funeral planner:

(2) If a death occurs in circumstances where no person referred to in subsection (1) is available and there is no reason to believe that the death is a reportable death, the Registrar General

(1) If a death occurs in a hospital, or occurs in a place other than a hospital and the body of the deceased is brought to a hospital shortly thereafter, and there is no reason to believe that the death is a reportable death, the person in charge of the hospital shall, before the body is released from the hospital,

(2) A person in charge of a hospital who is unable to obtain a death registration statement with the personal particulars of the deceased completed under subsection (1) shall, without delay, submit a notice of death to the Registrar General.

(3) If a reportable death occurs in a hospital, or occurs in a place other than a hospital and the body of the deceased is brought to a hospital shortly thereafter, the person in charge of the hospital shall, without delay, submit a notice of death to the Registrar General.

(1) The Registrar General or a subregistrar shall issue a burial permit in respect of the body of a deceased and deliver it to the person requiring it for the purpose of the burial, cremation or other disposition of the body, on receiving a death registration statement with the personal particulars of the deceased and the medical certificate portion of the statement both completed in accordance with this Part, and indicating

(2) A subregistrar shall, on receiving a death registration statement, deliver the statement to the Registrar General.

(1) If a death is not registered within one year after the date of the death, any person may apply to the Registrar General to register the death.

(2) The Registrar General shall register a death after the expiry of one year after the date of the death, if he or she receives

(1) The Registrar General may only amend a death registration statement to change or add the cause of death in accordance with this section.

(2) The following persons may apply to the Registrar General to amend a death registration statement to change or add the cause of death:

(3) Where a coroner completed the medical certificate portion of a death registration statement indicating that the cause of death is unknown pending the results of a post-mortem examination or investigation, he or she shall, without delay after the cause of death is determined, apply to the Registrar General to amend the statement to add the cause of death.

(4) Where a medical practitioner completed the medical certificate portion of a death registration statement indicating that the cause of death is unknown pending the results of a post-mortem examination, he or she shall, without delay after the cause of death is determined, apply to the Registrar General to amend the death registration statement to add the cause of death.

(5) The Registrar General shall amend a death registration statement to change or add the cause of death on receiving

(1) A person may apply to the Registrar General for a reburial permit for the burial of a human body that has been disinterred.

(2) The Registrar General shall issue a reburial permit on receiving

(1) Subject to section 71, no person who does not hold a burial permit in respect of a human body shall

(2) No cemetery owner shall permit a person to bury, cremate or otherwise dispose of a human body in the cemetery unless the person holds a burial permit in respect of the body.

(3) No person shall transport a human body by common carrier, and no common carrier shall transport or carry a human body, unless two copies of the burial permit have been affixed to the outside of the casket or other container.

(4) The funeral planner at the place of burial, cremation or other disposition of a human body, shall

(5) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (4), if a death occurs outside of the Northwest Territories and the burial, cremation or other disposition of the body of the deceased person is to take place in the Territories, a burial permit or similar document issued under the law of the jurisdiction in which the death occurs and signed by an appropriate official in that jurisdiction, is sufficient authority for the transport of the body to the place of burial, cremation or other disposition and for the burial, cremation or other disposition of the body.

(1) Section 70 does not apply if a death occurs in an area in which it is not reasonably possible to obtain a burial permit within a period during which the body of the deceased person should be buried.

(2) If a death occurs in an area described in subsection (1), a person who buries or otherwise disposes of the body of the deceased person shall, as soon as is possible after the burial or other disposition, report the circumstances to the Registrar General.

(3) On receiving a report under subsection (2), the Registrar General

(1) No person shall bury, cremate or otherwise dispose of a human body that has been disinterred unless he or she holds a reburial permit in respect of the body.

(2) Where a human body has been disinterred, no cemetery owner shall permit a person to bury, cremate or otherwise dispose of the body in the cemetery unless the person holds a reburial permit in respect of the body.

(3) This section does not apply to the burial, cremation or other disposition of a human body that had been exhumed under the authority of an order of exhumation made by a coroner under the Coroners Act.

(1) No person other than a funeral planner shall cremate a human body.

(2) No person shall cremate or cause to be cremated a human body except in a crematorium operated by a funeral planner. SNWT 2017,c.18, s.2(3).

(1) The Registrar General shall make a notation of the change of name of a person on a birth registration statement or a marriage registration statement registered in respect of the person, if the Registrar General receives satisfactory evidence

(2) The Registrar General may, before making a notation on a marriage registration statement under subsection (1), provide notice to the person who is identified on the statement as the spouse of the person whose name had been changed.

(1) Notwithstanding section 74, this section applies where the birth of a person is registered and the Registrar General receives

(2) On receiving a direction or evidence referred to in subsection (1), the Registrar General shall

(3) No person shall make public or disclose to any other person any entry, information or documents contained in a file sealed by the Registrar General under this section, unless the person

(1) The following persons are eligible to apply under section 76 in respect of a birth:

(2) The following persons are eligible to apply under section 76 in respect of a stillbirth:

(3) The following persons are eligible to apply under section 76 in respect of a marriage:

(4) The following persons are eligible to apply under section 76 in respect of a death:

(5) The following persons are eligible to apply under section 76 in respect of an event:

(1) The Registrar General shall make a search in the vital statistics register for the registration of an event and report on the results of the search on receiving

(2) A report made to an applicant under subsection (1) must

(3) The Registrar General may refuse to make a search or a report under this section if he or she is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.

(4) The Registrar General shall provide written reasons for the refusal to the applicant.

(1) Subject to section 40, if an application is made for a certificate in respect of an event after the statement registered in respect of the event has been amended, or after the original statement in respect of the event has been withdrawn and a substitute statement registered, the Registrar General shall prepare the certificate containing the information set out in the statement as amended, or in the substituted statement, as the case may be.

(2) Subject to section 40, if an application is made for a certified copy of a statement in respect of an event after the original statement registered in respect of the event has been withdrawn and a substitute statement registered, the certified copy must be a certified copy of the substituted statement.

(1) The Registrar General shall issue a birth certificate to an applicant on receiving

(2) A birth certificate must contain

(3) For greater certainty, a birth certificate issued in respect of a person whose birth registration statement has been amended under section 42 and whose gender identity does not correspond to male or female, may include another designation for the sex of the person. SNWT 2016,c.12,s.6.

(1) The Registrar General shall issue a marriage certificate to an applicant on receiving

(2) A marriage certificate must contain

(1) The Registrar General shall issue a death certificate to an applicant on receiving

(2) A death certificate must contain

(1) A person who is affected by a refusal of the Registrar General to register an event, to register, add or change a name on a birth registration statement under subsection 35(1), to amend a birth registration statement under subsection 42(1) or to issue a certificate may, within one year after receiving notice of the refusal, appeal the refusal by filing a notice of appeal with the Supreme Court.

(2) A notice of appeal filed under subsection (1) must be served on the Registrar General.

(3) On hearing an appeal, the Supreme Court may

SNWT 2016,c.12,s.7.

(1) In this section,

"insured services" means insured services as defined in subsection 1(1) of the Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act; (services assurés)

"registration information" means information about a person that is collected for the purpose of registering the person for the provision of insured services, and includes a unique identifying number assigned to the person. (renseignements d’inscription)

(2) The Registrar General may collect registration information if he or she is satisfied that the information is required for a purpose relating to the administration of this Act or the regulations.

(3) The Registrar General may only collect the quantity and type of registration information in respect of a person that the Registrar General considers necessary for the purpose for which it is collected.

(4) The Registrar General may collect registration information from the person to whom it relates or from another person, body or organization that the Registrar General considers to be a reliable source of information, including, but not limited to, a health care professional or a hospital. SNWT 2015,c.14,s.31(3).

(1) A person employed in the administration of this Act shall only collect, use, disclose, communicate or allow access to information obtained under this Act in accordance with this Act and the regulations.

(2) In disclosing information obtained under this Act and the regulations, the Registrar General shall

(1) A certificate in respect of an event or a certified copy of a statement purporting to be signed by the Registrar General is admissible in evidence as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts set out in the certificate or certified copy without proof of the Registrar General’s appointment or signature.

(2) A certificate in respect of an event or a certified copy of a statement issued under the signature of the Registrar General remains valid where he or she ceases to hold office before its issue.

(1) Where this Act or the regulations require that a document be submitted or delivered to the Registrar General, the document may be

(2) Where this Act or the regulations require that a document be served on the Registrar General, the document may be

(3) Where this Act or the regulations require that a document be delivered to a person other than the Registrar General, the document may be

(4) Where this Act or the regulations requires that a document be served on a person other than the Registrar General, the document may be

(5) A document sent by registered mail to a person at the most recent address provided by him or her in writing to the Registrar General is deemed to have been served on the seventh day following the day of its mailing, unless it is established that, through no fault of the person, he or she did not receive the document or received it at a later date.

(1) A person who has a duty under this Act to complete a statement to the Registrar General within a specified time and fails to perform that duty, remains liable to do so notwithstanding the expiration of the time.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if more than one person has a duty under this Act to complete and submit a statement and the duty is carried out by any one of those persons, the other or others who have not carried out the duty are not in contravention of this Act.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who contravenes or fails to comply with this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or to both.

(2) A person who contravenes section 105 is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.

(1) A person appointed as the Registrar General of Vital Statistics under the former Act who holds office immediately before this Act comes into force is deemed, on that coming into force, to have been appointed as the Registrar General under this Act.

(2) A person appointed as the Deputy Registrar General of Vital Statistics under the former Act who holds office immediately before this Act comes into force is deemed, on that coming into force, to have been appointed as the Deputy Registrar General under this Act.

(3) A person appointed as a subregistrar under the former Act who holds office immediately before this Act comes into force is deemed, on that coming into force, to have been appointed as a subregistrar under this Act.

(1) Any activity undertaken by the Registrar General of Vital Statistics, the Deputy Registrar General of Vital Statistics or a subregistrar under the former Act and not completed before the coming into force of this Act may be continued after that coming into force as if it had been undertaken under this Act by the Registrar General, Deputy Registrar General or subregistrar, as the case may be.

(2) A certificate, certified copy or other document issued or created under the former Act that was valid and in effect on the coming into force of this Act remains valid and in effect according to its terms and is deemed to be a certificate, certified copy or document issued under this Act.

(3) An agreement, memorandum of understanding, contract or other obligation of the Registrar General under the former Act that was in effect immediately before this Act comes into force continues in effect under this Act, to the extent that it is not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations, until it expires or is terminated.

(4) An order, decision, determination or direction made by the Registrar General under the former Act before this Act comes into force continues as if it had been made under this Act, to the extent that it is not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations, until it expires or is terminated.

(5) If any action, application or other proceeding or any remedy had been commenced, or could have been commenced, by, to or against the Registrar General immediately before this Act comes into force,