The 1921 amendments expressly stated that the child's birth surname should be omitted from their new legal name, and the records that contained the birth surname could not be inspected without 'some reasonable and proper purpose' and the written permission of the Master of the Supreme Court.
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Last updated:
30 November 2021
Cite this: http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/wa/WE00660
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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