---
title: "Lost birth certificate statutory declaration (Northern Territory): completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/form-nt-lost-birth-certificate-stat-dec"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a16-form-nt-lost-birth-certificate-stat-dec"
area_id: "A16"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A16-T1-R7", "A16-P20260916-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Lost birth certificate statutory declaration (Northern Territory): completion guide

> Link to the statutory declaration the Northern Territory child change-of-name page requires if the previous birth certificate cannot be returned. The page names it a statutory declaration. The lawyer writes it.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/form-nt-lost-birth-certificate-stat-dec  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

Link to the statutory declaration the Northern Territory child change-of-name page requires if the previous birth certificate cannot be returned. The page names it a statutory declaration. The lawyer writes it. A tool writes nothing in it.

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Family Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Northern Territory
- AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at nt.gov.au and the authority it cites, for Northern Territory.

## When to use it

Use when a Northern Territory child change-of-name application cannot include the previous birth certificate, and the page says to attach this statutory declaration. The PDF and DOCX were not opened. The lawyer writes every sentence. A tool writes nothing in the declaration.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft a parenting plan or parenting orders from the arrangements sheet](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-law/draft-a-parenting-plan-or-parenting-orders-from-the-arrangements-sheet.md)
- [Turn existing parenting orders into a practical arrangements sheet](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-law/turn-existing-parenting-orders-into-a-practical-arrangements-sheet.md)

## How AI may be used

The page names this a statutory declaration. AI may note that the previous certificate is missing and name the published file. The lawyer writes the declaration.

**AI may:**

- Note that the previous birth certificate is not on the file
- Name the published PDF and DOCX, whose file name is lost-birth-certificate-statutory-declaration
- Record that the files were not opened, so their questions are not known from this guide

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft any sentence of the statutory declaration
- Must not draft witnessing words or a statement of how the certificate was lost
- Must not sign, witness or lodge the declaration

**The lawyer checks:**

- The current file is the statutory declaration the page names for a birth certificate that cannot be returned
- The file name is not a form number. The PDF and DOCX were not opened
- The change-of-name application is a separate guide. The tool does not write that application either
- 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.

## Authorities

- [Northern Territory Government, Legal name change for child over 12 months](https://nt.gov.au/law/bdm/legal-change-of-name/legal-name-change-for-child-over-12-months)

## Official form

[Official form](https://nt.gov.au/law/bdm/legal-change-of-name/legal-name-change-for-child-over-12-months)

## Where this comes from

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

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/form-nt-lost-birth-certificate-stat-dec and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*