WA Adoptees and Adoptive Parents Can Get Combined Birth Certificates; Adoptees Aged 16 or Older Can Get Copies of Birth Records

Adoption Legislation Amendment (Integrated Birth Certificates) Bill 2026

21 Oct 2026: MPs in the first house are debating whether this bill is a good idea in principle.

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

Adoptees and their adoptive parents can apply to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages for an integrated birth certificate. This certificate can include details about birth parents, adoptive parents, or other information about the birth or adoption that the Registrar considers appropriate.
The CEO of the Department of Communities can grant adoptees or their adoptive parents authority to access birth registration records, which can include authority to receive an integrated birth certificate.
Birth certificates issued by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages must not mention an adoptee's adoption or birth parents, unless the certificate is an integrated birth certificate.
The Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages must provide a certified copy of an adoptee's birth registration to any adoptee aged 16 or older, provided the copy does not mention the adoption or birth parents.