Concerns of repealing new birth certificate laws have largely been downplayed.
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The newly enacted law allows for people to remove their gender from their birth certificates.
Transforming Tasmania's Martine Delaney raised concerns about the laws being revisited after newly elected Clarke MHA Madeline Ogilvie declared her independence from her former party Labor.
"Before the government or Madeline Ogilvie consider revisiting our new laws, they need to talk to the everyday Tasmanian and their families who have benefited from these laws," Ms Delaney said.
"They also need to consider the findings of the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute into the implications of the recent law reform before they make any decision."
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Premier Will Hodgman said he hadn't spoken to Ms Ogilvie about the birth certificate laws, nor did he intend to.
"Our position is very clear and we said we would take time to review the consequences of legislation that was rushed through, that was not properly consulted and was a part of Labor and the Greens working together," he said.
Ms Ogilvie said the new amendments are now law as far as she's concerned, and if any attempts to revisit the law were warranted they would need to adopt the appropriate process.
"It's way too premature to say anything about whether the law needs repealing or not," she said.
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison was asked about any possible changes to the birth certificate laws in Tasmania, he said the issue was for his state counterparts to deal with.
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