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Application to register a change of name for an adult (ACT): completion guide

Link to the Access Canberra application to register a change of name for an adult. The person must be 18 or older. The file name includes 20260630, which is not stated as a form number. The files were not opened.

Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
Where it applies: Australian Capital Territory
AI use: Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
Law stated as at: 22 October 2026
Status: Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the official form at accesscanberra.act.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Australian Capital Territory.
Version: 1
Source: Link to the official form. Licence: © Access Canberra. Link only: download the current adult change-of-name application each time; do not copy or adapt it.

Where this comes from

The official form is published by accesscanberra.act.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

When to use it

Use on a family file when an adult's name is to be registered in the ACT, including where a marriage overseas may not be accepted and the page says a registered change may be required. Marriage in Australia usually does not need this registration. The person must be 18 or older, with a birth registered in the ACT or living in the ACT. The tool does not write the application.

Used for these tasks

Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.

How AI may be used

AI may check the page's marriage and residency points against the file. The lawyer writes the application and checks it before it is lodged.

AI may

Check that the person is 18 or older and that the birth or residence test on the page is met
Flag an Australian marriage, where the page says a registered change is usually not required
Flag a restricted person, who needs Director-General approval under the Act the page names

AI must not

Must not draft the application or the reason for the change
Must not draft a parenting plan or parenting orders
Must not treat 20260630 in the file name as a form number or a date of effect
Must not invent a fee
Must not sign or lodge the application

The lawyer checks

Only one registered change is sought in a 12-month period, as the page states
The page does not call the application a statutory declaration. If the current file is one, the tool writes nothing in it
A restricted person is a person serving a sentence of imprisonment or on parole, and the approval is from the Director-General of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate
The fee page was not opened
The court's or tribunal's current index is checked before assuming a generative-AI practice direction applies. None was stated on the page opened for this guide.

Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.

Authorities

Official form

Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer. Licence: © Access Canberra. Link only: download the current adult change-of-name application each time; do not copy or adapt it..

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