Person (name)—family name, text X[X(39)]

Guide for use:

The agency or establishment should record the client's full family name on their information systems.

National Community Services Data Dictionary specific:

In instances where there is uncertainty about which name to record for a person living in a remote Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, Centrelink follows the practice of recording the Indigenous person's name as it is first provided to Centrelink. Or, where proof of identity is required, as the name is recorded on a majority of the higher point scoring documents that are produced as proof of identity.

National Community Services Data Dictionary specific:

Selected letters of the family name in combination with selected letters of the given name, date of birth and sex, may be used for record linkage for statistical purposes only.

Name type is a metadata item in Australian Standard AS5017—2002 Health care client identification (Standards Australia 2002) and in the National Health Data Dictionary, Version 12 (NHDC 2003). In both cases the Data domain refers to Code A Alias name; Code M Medicare card name; Code N Newborn name; and Code P Preferred name. A name type data element is being considered for inclusion in a future version of the National Community Services Data Dictionary.