The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024

Made: 3rd October 2024

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 7th October 2024

Coming into force: 1st November 2024

In accordance with section 54(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965[^f00002], the Scottish Ministers have approved the making of these Regulations.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 and come into force on 1 November 2024.

Replacement of change of name registration forms

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• (1) The Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997[^f00003] are amended as follows.

• (2) For the form in schedule 18, substitute the form in schedule 1 of these Regulations.

• (3) For the form in schedule 19, substitute the form in schedule 2 of these Regulations.

• (4) For the form in schedule 20, substitute the form in schedule 3 to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 3

Signed

JANE MILNE — Deputy Registrar General for Scotland — 3rd October 2024

Approved by the Scottish Ministers

ANGUS ROBERTSON — A member of the Scottish Government — 3rd October 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1997.

They update the following forms prescribed in the schedules of those Regulations—

• the form in schedule 18 (Form 21- application for recording of forename(s) or change of forename(s) of child under 12 months of age),

• the form in schedule 19 (Form 23- application for recording of change of forename(s) or surname(s) of child under 16 years of age), and

• the form in schedule 20 (Form 24- application for recording of change of forename(s) or surname(s) of person over 16 years of age).

The Regulations apply from 1 November 2024.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1965 c. 49 (“the 1965 Act”). Section 43(3) was amended by section 46(a) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14) (“the 2006 Act”) and schedule 5 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. Section 43(4) was amended by section 46(b) of the 2006 Act. Section 43(5) was amended by schedule 2 of the Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 and section 46(b) of the 2006 Act. Sections 1 and 56(1) of the 1965 Act respectively contain definitions of “Registrar General” and “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the powers under which these Regulations are made.

[^f00002]: The functions of the Secretary of State under the 1965 Act were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1997/2348, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2009/315.