1In this Act
“birth” means the complete expulsion or extraction from the mother, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, of a fetus in which, after the expulsion or extraction, there is breathing, beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or unmistakable movement of voluntary muscle, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta attached;(naissance)
“certificate” means a certified extract of the prescribed particulars of a registration filed in the office of the Registrar General;(certificat)
“child” , unless the context otherwise indicates, means a person under 16 years of age; (enfant)
“court ” means The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick;(Cour)
“custody” , in relation to a person having custody of a child, includes custody shared with another person or persons;(garde)
“Deputy Registrar General” means a Deputy Registrar General of Vital Statistics appointed under subsection 2(1.1);(régistraire général adjoint)
“Director of Child Welfare” Repealed: 1982, c.3, s.78
“error” means any incorrect information and includes omissions of information;(erreur)
“family name” means a surname that does not contain more than one word which may occur alone as a surname;(nom patronymique)
“funeral director” means any person who takes charge of a dead body for the purpose of burial, cremation, transportation outside the Province or other disposition;(entrepreneur de pompes funèbres)
“judge” means a judge of The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick;(juge)
“married woman” includes a woman who, within the period of gestation prior to the birth of the child, in respect of whose birth an application for registration is made under this Act, was lawfully married;(femme mariée)
“Minister” means the Minister of Service New Brunswick;(Ministre)
“Minister of Social Services” Repealed: 1986, c.8, s.130
“notation” means an addition to, or alteration of, a registration under this Act;(mention)
“occupier” means the person occupying any dwelling, and includes the person having the management or charge of any public or private institution where persons are cared for or confined and the proprietor, manager, keeper, or other person in charge of a hotel, inn, apartment, lodging-house or other dwelling or accommodation;(occupant)
“parent” , unless otherwise specified, means
(parent)
(a)
the natural parent of a child except if the child has been legally adopted in which case it means the adoptive parent, and
(b)
a person with whom a child ordinarily resides and who demonstrates a settled intention to treat the child as a child of the person’s family;
“personal service” , with respect to a document, means personal service as described in Rule 18 of the Rules of Court and “served personally” has a corresponding meaning;(signification à personne)
“prescribed” means prescribed by this Act or the regulations;(prescrit)
“Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Vital Statistics appointed under section 2 and includes the acting Registrar General, a Deputy Registrar General and any person designated by the Registrar General to act on behalf of the Registrar General;(régistraire général)
“sex designation” means the recorded sex of a person on the birth registration of the person;(désignation de sexe)
“stillbirth” means the complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of a fetus of at least five hundred grams in weight or at least twenty weeks gestation in which, after the expulsion or extraction, there is no breathing, beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or unmistakable movement of voluntary muscle;(mortinaissance)
“unable” means unable because of death, illness, absence from the Province or otherwise.(empêchement)
1982, c.3, s.78; 1983, c.94, s.1; 1985, c.41, s.9; 1986, c.8, s.130; 1986, c.84, s.1; 1987, c.63, s.1; 1993, c.27, s.1; 1996, c.24, s.1; 2000, c.26, s.280; 2006, c.16, s.179; 2007, c.32, s.3; 2011, c.37, s.14; 2015, c.44, s.112; 2016, c.37, s.194; 2017, c.13, s.2; 2023, c.17, s.275