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Rather like Passports, both Adoption and Birth Certificates are VERY powerful documents.If someone steals you Brith-Certificate, they can “steal “ your identity that is to say they can claim to be you (impersonation) and create illegal documents, which may be deemed to be high level security documents and that would include:Passport.Impersonation of a Marriage Certificate, where your details can be fed in to a data base, and then with a Birth Certificate of the opposite sex (I will exclude civil, same sex marriage for the time being). By creating or copying a birth certificate of a person not legally entitled to marry (for various reason) can result in massive oppurtuniuty for fraud, including human smuggling.Birth Certificates are often used in criminal law do distinguish would be suspects at trial level in criminal courts. Particularly before the days of DNA testing, similar Birth Certfifcates could be used to impersonate another person which has a similar description to you. If you want a good example of how this sort of fraud can occur a scene from the film “ The day of the Jacakal”, where a (ficltional) hired assissin to kill Charles De Gaulle, manages to change his name three times and gets (literally inches) from assisinating De Gaulle, He finds a grave of a child who had died before the age of 3 and as a resulting of knowing where he was buried, the surnames of his parents and the town the boy was born.In the film, the would be assissin goes to the Register of Births Deaths and Marriages, and knowning the names of the deceased child, his place of birth and death, along with the name of the parents and the date the child was born, pulls a copy of the document.Through subversive means he fraudulently creates an application for a passport in the name of the deceased including a photograph of himself in disguise as a man of equal age to that which the infant would have been had it survived.He then travels on the false document and commits one murder to cover his tracks, then creates a further document, this time in another Country and their passport, using the name of the infant for the person who he has murderded so identy and personality change as the photogrpaphs of the original person he impersonates, from the child who’s identity he has already stolen, but obvioulsy no photo indentification of the child he has impersonated (for obvious reasons).He then steals the photograph of the person he has murderded and then transfers the details from the Birth Certificate of the dead child in to a false passport carrying the details of the murdered man and applies for a further passport but this time in Denmark (where he claims to originate).It is not until that enquiries are made and it is discovered that a further passport has (this time legitamately) applied for, but with a completely incorrrect information and a full identiy theft complete, but appears to be totally valid as it can be tied to the Birth Certificate, but by chance the Death Certificate of the Minor is tied to the application of the Passport, which is in a different name to the forged Birth Certificate which he has used to apply for the fraudulent passport.When the Police discover that Paul Olive Duggan (who the name is stolen from), they can trace back the application to the Passport Office and the copy of the Brith Ceritifacte of Duggan, which has been linked to the Death Certificate and would be impossible for a Death Certificate issued 30 years ago, with a Birth Certifcate of equal date and recorded parents; the giver away that the passports have conflicting information about the place of birth.To answer you question, both Birth and Death Certificates are very strong evdience and documents and far from pointless can be used both criminally and legally to produce documents, but from an investigation point of view provide an “audit trail” which can disprove the would be fraudsters identity.Also Birth Certificates are very important when it comes to tracing identity generally and that includes issues over parentage and in Pulbic Records can be used as evidence in cases of incest.The law relating to Births Deaths and Marraiges in theUK goes back to the 19th Centuary when marriages were often created, albeit innocently, between brother and sister, who had become separated at birth, but without regisitration as individuals, when it came to reading of “Banns” (a church procedure) and published in the local press of both parties to the marriage (in the days when people both attended church on a Sunday as well as read the local newspapers) and often came across the names as associated as (very often) sister and brother.This was frequent in Victorian times when girls were “placed in to service” at the local manor house, or sometimes an Estate some hundred miles away (remember back in the 19th Centuary 100 miles was a long way), and very often a brother and sister, or more often a blood cousin met, and not realising that they were related got married only to find when investigated by the church records, and by now the centralised recording of Birth Certifiactes that they were indeed were related and the marrage void.Of course there is a reason why incest is such a serious issue is due to genetic corruption could lead to both physical and mental disorders of the infant of the incestous marriage, indeed one generation further where a double recessive gene may corrupt furthe and cause not just physical and mental disorders but serious deformity or at worst reacting with mother and dying “invitro” and causing a miscarriage by the mother, killing the mother in process.Although Birth Certificate informantion is now held on central data bases and not Parish Records only, that does not stop the data being corrupted or deliberately tampered with. We all know that computers and their databases are far from infallable !At least with hard copy cetifications (and that incudes death certificates) there is a full audit trail should a computer disk or hard-drive corrupt, whether due to computing issues, or deliberate tampering with data; which is a lot easier than officialdom who prefer people to beleive !So far from being pointless, certificates, particularly the trraditional British ones which were signed in fluid ink, that is to say with a fountain pen such if it gets wet it will smudge slightly even though it is “pemeranent” ink, but will show that it is forged. Also an excellent audit trail, as the mother and father of that named on the Birth Certificate can be traced too.Chris R- London

During my posting in the UK, I came across a sad case about an Italian teenager who found himself without any kind of personal ID, due to the fact that he was born in Sicily by an Italian father and a British mother, who later moved to Scotland when he was barely 2 years old.His parents separated rather acrimoniously when he was 4 or 5, and allegedly the mother's last words to his father were: “You'll never see your child again!”.Fast forward a decade, and this young lad walked in the Italian Consulate-General in Edinburgh together with his girlfriend and her father.I was called to the front office to assist with his request to be issued an Italian identity card, and learned about his life story. A few years earlier he had an argument with his mother, who kicked him out of her place, and found himself in the streets with no papers and no way to support himself. Luckily for him, his girlfriend's family liked him and agreed to take him in with them when they heard about his predicament.He had just graduated from high school, but due to the fact he never had a personal identity document, and neither had a copy of his birth certificate with him, he couldn't find a job, open a bank account in his name, get a mobile phone contract or even get a National Insurance number issued to his name. All he had was a “Young Scot Card", issued by the local council, which wasn't recognised as a valid identity document for purposes other than getting discounted rates on public transport and museums.Since we didn't have any record about him or his parents in our files, I made an enlarged copy of his card and took note of his personal details and contact of his host family, and told him that I would let him know when we would be able to verify his identity and eventually issue him an identity card.In the following days I managed to get a copy of his birth record from Italy, but the office who issued his travel document couldn't locate the copy of the photo submitted by his parents, which wouldn't have been much helpful anyway since it would be arduous to identify a 16 year old lad from a photo of him taken at age 2. The situation looked dire because, being him underage, he couldn't even apply to have his identity established by four witnesses, as prescribed by the Italian law for people whose documents have been lost or destroyed.I was therefore at a loss about what to do until, a couple of days later, a colleague of mine knocked at the door and asked: “Do you remember the undocumented young man who came to us a couple of weeks ago? We have a gentleman in the lobby with the same last name and born in the same town who just applied to get a new passport”.She handed me the application form filled in and signed by the applicant who - lo and behold! - happened to be the estranged father. It was like a scene taken from a Victorian age drama, I grabbed the copy of the lad's Young Scot Card and folded it to show only the photo but not his personal details, went downstairs to the visitors’ lobby and - while showing it to the man from behind the passports window - asked him: “Sir, does this person look familiar to you?”.His eyes went wide with surprise, and without any hesitation he said, almost shouting: “That's my son! Where is he now? Is he OK?”. I could barely keep a straight face when I asked him: “Can you confirm his full name, date and place of birth?”. Again - without a hint of doubt - he answered correctly, and I told him about what happened to his son and why were asking him those questions. He was very excited to learn that his son was OK and had been cared for by good people, and when I asked him his permission to give his contact details to his son (as prescribed by law) he said: “Yes, of course, and please tell him that his father loves him, and never ceased to look for him!”.A few days later, we witnessed a tearful and joyful reunion in our office.

Australian Firearms are regulated by each state, not nationally, although all states subscribe to the National firearms agreement, which makes the effect of the individual procedures relatively uniform.For Victoria, my home state, the procedure varies depending the type of weapon and is described in the attachment below the dotted line. It can take a while - the exact period varies.There are are mandatory inspections, not searches, It is a condition of all firearm licences that the holder of the licence must permit a member of police to inspect their storage arrangements at any reasonable time. When you obtain a firearm for the first time, or, when your storage address changes, local police will conduct an inspection of your storage facilities to ensure that you are complying with your storage obligations. Random inspections may be carried out from time to time, with or without notice.When conducting an inspection, police will also inspect the quantity and type of firearms stored as this determines the nature of the storage required. They will also verify the details of firearms stored at a location. Illegal firearms, are, of course, confiscated as with any civilised country.—————————————————When applying for a firearm licence there are a number things you must do.To understand the requirements of applying for a firearm licence consider the following information before you apply.Make sure you meet the eligibility criteria to hold a firearm licence.When you submit your application, you will need to tell us why you want a firearm and need to demonstrate that it is a legally permissible reason.Schedule 2 of the Firearms Act 1996 provides genuine reasons for holding a firearm licence.Your genuine reason for owning a firearm must be supported by evidence. Each type of licence category has different evidence requirements. You should familiarise yourself of the evidence requirements relevant to the licence category you are seeking to be licenced for.You will need to complete the Victorian Firearm Safety Course relevant to the type of firearm you would like a licence for before you submit your application.Once you have completed this course, you will be issued a completion certificate. Keep this certificate safe, as you will need to provide a copy when you submit your application.If your licence has been cancelled or expired more than 12 months ago you will need to complete the Firearm Safety Course again and submit a new application.Some categories of firearm licence require a full set of fingerprints to be taken as a part of the application process. If the type of licence you are applying for requires fingerprints, you will need to arrange to have a full set of your fingerprints taken.Current application forms and information relating to processing times and fees are available on the Victoria Police website.Download and complete application form that is appropriate to the category of licence you want.When you submit your application you will also need to supply the following:100 points of identification compromising of at least one primary identification document like a passport or birth certificate and one secondary document showing your current residential address. These document must be correctly certified;An identification reference from an acceptable referee who has known you for at least 12 months and not related to you by either birth or marriage. The person who provides your identification reference must be the same person who certifies your 100 points of identification;A copy of your Victorian Firearm Safety Course certificate;A copy of your fingerprint police check certificate if required; andIf you answer 'Yes' to any of the medical history questions in your application you must also provide a medical report from your treating doctor supporting your suitability to hold a firearm licence and be in possession of firearms. Information about what details your health care professional will need to provide is available in the linked quick guide.Do not send in payment for you licence when you submit your application.if your application has been approved by LRD you will receive a payment notice. This payment notice is confirmation that your application has been approved.You must pay the fee for your licence by BPAY or cash or cheque at a Westpac Bank by the nominated date on your payment notice.Once you have received your payment notice your will need to take the payment notice and another form of identification to an approved VicRoads photo point to have your photo taken.VicRoads will not issue plastic licence cards on the spot; they will be sent to your postal address.LRD will only accept photos taken at an approved photo point.If you cannot attend a Victorian photo point you must complete this form and return it to LRDThe instruction pages attached to all licence application forms provide detailed information on the above requirements. LRD encourages all applicants to read the instructions carefully before they submit an application.