(1)  On application, the registrar must issue, subject to the same terms, conditions and regulations as to the payment of fees and otherwise as are applicable under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999 , an extract from, or certified copy of, an entry in the register or the surrogacy record.

(2)  Despite subsection (1) , the registrar may only issue, to a child in relation to whom a surrogacy record is made, an extract from, or certified copy of, an entry, in the surrogacy record, in relation to the child if the registrar sights a relevant document in relation to the child.

(3)  For the purposes of subsection (2) , a relevant document in relation to a child is –

(a) if the child is resident in Tasmania, a statutory declaration signed by a person who is an accredited counsellor; or

(b) if the child is not resident in Tasmania, a statutory declaration, or its equivalent in the jurisdiction in which the child is resident, signed by a person who is, in the opinion of the registrar, a suitable person to provide counselling in respect of surrogacy arrangements –

stating that the child has received from the person counselling in relation to the surrogacy arrangement in relation to the child.

(4)  Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to a child if the registrar is satisfied that the child knows the name of his or her birth parents.

(5)  An extract from, or certified copy of an entry in, the register or the surrogacy record is not to contain a reference to any matter referred to in section 34(4)(a) .