The Vital Statistics Act is amended to:• remove an outdated reference to "lawful wedlock";• allow a nurse in charge of a health centre to complete a medical certificate if a death is not a reportable death under the Coroners Act and if a medical practitioner is not available;• remove the requirement that the Registrar General retain church records; • remove the requirement that the Registrar General forward notifications of change of name made in the Northwest Territories to other jurisdictions if the person whose name was changed was married outside the Territories;• remove the requirement that the Registrar General issue a certificate or annulment of marriage;• replace references to a "province or the Yukon Territory" with references to a "province or territory"; and• remove redundant regulation-making powers dealing with registration in respect of Indians.
In addition, the Marriage Act is consequentially amended to remove a reference to a certificate of the dissolution or annulment of a marriage under the Vital Statistics Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.