The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987

and the references in this paragraph to provisions of these Regulations include any corresponding provision of regulations revoked by these Regulations.

• (3) Where any correction is made under paragraph (1), the superintendent registrar or registrar concerned shall enter a marginal note providing details of the correction and where an error has occurred the following wording shall apply—

In space [or column].. .. corrected to.. .. on .. ..by me .. .. registrar [or superintendent registrar]

and the registrar or superintendent registrar shall complete and sign the note in the places provided;

where an omission has occurred the following wording shall apply —

In space [or column] .. .. for .. .. read .. .. corrected on .. .. by me .. .. registrar [or superintendent registrar]

and the registrar or superintendent registrar shall complete and sign the note in the places provided; and

where particulars have been transposed the following wording shall apply —

The particulars in .. .. .. and .. .. inadvertently transposed

and the registrar or superintendent registrar shall complete and sign the marginal note.

• (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Correction of other minor clerical errors after completion

56

• (1) Where it appears or is represented to the superintendent registrar or the registrar that there is any clerical error to which this regulation applies in a completed entry made on the information of a qualified informant in a register of live-births in his custody, he shall correct the error ....

• (2) Where an error is corrected in accordance with paragraph (1) the following wording shall apply—

In space [or column] .. ..corrected to .. .. on .. .. by me .. .. registrar [or superintendent registrar] ...

and where an omission is corrected in accordance with paragraph (1) the following wording shall apply—

In space [or column] .. .. for .. .. read.. .. corrected on .. .. by me .. .. registrar [or superintendent registrar] ...

and the registrar or superintendent registrar shall complete and sign the note in the places provided.

• (3) This Regulation applies to the following clerical errors–

• (a) in a live-birth entry (form 1)–

• (i) in space 1, in the date or place of birth, but not both, provided the correct place of birth is within the sub-district where the birth was registered and the correct date of birth is within 3 months of the date of registration,

• (ii) in space 5, in the father’s or other parent’s place of birth,

• (iii) in space 6, in the father’s or other parent’s occupation,

• (iv) in space 8a, in the mother’s place of birth and in space 8b in the mother’s occupation,

• (v) in space 10, in the mother’s usual address,

• (vi) in space 12, in the qualification of the informant, unless neither the father nor the mother, nor the other parent provided the identity of the informant is clear from the signature in space 14 and this is consistent with the information in space 4 or 7,

• (vii) in space 13, in the usual address of informant,

• (b) in a death entry (form 13)–

• (i) in space 1, in the date or place of death, but not both, provided the corrected place of death is within the sub-district in which the death was registered and the corrected date of death is within 12 months of the date of registration,

• (ii) in space 3, consisting of the omission of the sex of the deceased provided the sex as corrected is consistent with the name of the deceased in space 2,

• (iii) in space 4, in the deceased’s maiden surname,

• (iv) in space 5, consisting of the incorrect statement or omission of one, but not both, of the date or place of birth but, in the case of an incorrect statement of the former only if the date is not corrected by more than one year,

• (v) in space 6, consisting of the incorrect statement or omission of the occupation of the deceased or of the deceased’s husband or wife or civil partner or parents or of the usual address of the deceased or of the omission of the words “son [or daughter] of” and of the names and surnames of the deceased’s parents,

• (vi) in space 7(a), in the informant’s name or surname provided this is consistent with the signature in space 9,

• (vii) in space 7(c), in the informant’s usual address.

• (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Correction of other clerical errors after completion

57

• (1) Where it appears or is represented to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that in a completed entry made ..., on the information of a qualified informant, in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths in his custody, there is a clerical error other than one to which Regulation 55, 56 , 58A or 59(2) applies, he shall send a report to the Registrar General and shall include with his report–

• (a) such evidence as the Registrar General may require for the purpose of verifying the facts;

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) a copy of the entry.

• (2) On receiving the authority of the Registrar General the superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall correct the error .......

• (3) Where any correction is made under paragraph (2) the registrar or the superintendent registrar concerned shall—

• (a) enter a marginal note in the following form—

“In space [or column] .. .. corrected to .. .. on .. .. by me .. .. [registrar or superintendent registrar] on authority of the Registrar General”;

• (b) complete and sign the note in the places provided; and

• (c) record on the marginal note the informant’s qualification for giving information concerning the correction.

• (4) Where no qualified informant is available to witness the correction, the superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall write a marginal note in the following form—

In space [or column] …corrected to …..on …. by me ….. registrar [or superintendent registrar] on the authority of the Registrar General

and he shall complete and sign the note in the places provided.

Correction of errors of fact or substance

58

• (1) Where it appears or is represented to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that there is an error of fact or substance in a completed entry in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths in his custody, other than an entry to which Regulation 58A or 59 applies, he shall–

• (a) send a report to the Registrar General giving such information as the Registrar General may require and enclosing a copy of the entry; and

• (b) comply with any instructions which the Registrar General may give for the purpose of verifying the facts of the case and ascertaining whether there are available two persons qualified to make a statutory declaration required by section 29(3) of the Act²⁰.

• (2) On being informed by the Registrar General that the error may be corrected on production of such a statutory declaration, the superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall on production to him of the statutory declaration correct the error in the following manner–

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) he shall write in the margin of the entry a note in the following form (or such other form as the Registrar General may authorise in any particular case)–

• “In NoinforreadCorrected onby me Superintendent Registrar [or Registrar] on production of a statutory declaration made byand”,

and he shall enter the particulars of the correction and of the declarants and complete and sign the note in the places provided.

Correction of error on coroner’s certificate

59

• (1) Where the superintendent registrar or the registrar having the custody of a register containing an entry made in pursuance of a coroner’s certificate after inquest receives–

• (a) notification from the coroner of a clerical error in the certificate ...; or

• (b) a certificate relating to that entry given by the coroner pursuant to section 29(4)(a) or (b) of the Act²¹, as to an error of fact or substance in the certificate after inquest and as to the true facts of the case,

he shall send a report to the Registrar General, enclosing a copy of the entry and (as the case may be) of the coroner’s certificate and notification, or of the coroner’s certificates, relating to the entry.

• (2) Where the error is a clerical error, the superintendent registrar or the registrar shall correct the error by entering a marginal note in the following form—

Clerical error in space [or column] .. .. .. corrected to .. .. .. on .. .. .. by me .. .. .. registrar [or superintendent registrar ] on receipt of notification from the Coroner

and he shall complete and sign the note in the places provided.

• (3) Where the error is one of fact or substance the superintendent registrar or the registrar shall correct the error by–

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) entering a marginal note in the following form—

In space [or column] .. .. .. corrected to .. .. ..on .. .. ..by me .. .. .. registrar [or superintendent registrar] on the authority of a certificate from the Coroner

• and he shall complete and sign the note in the places provided.

Correction of clerical errors in entries made before 1st April 1969

60

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Copy of corrected or annotated entry to be sent to Registrar General

61

• (1) Where a superintendent registrar or a registrar makes any correction or annotation to a completed entry in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths, whether by marginal note or otherwise, he shall, subject to paragraph (2), within seven days make and send to the Registrar General a copy of the entry as corrected or annotated (or both), including a copy of any marginal note, certified by–

• (a) the registrar, if the register containing the entry is in his custody ...

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; or

• (c) the superintendent registrar, where the register containing that entry is in his custody,

together, in any case where a birth is re-registered under section 10A of the Act²², with a copy of the new entry, certified by the registrar who made that entry.

• (2) Paragraph (1) shall apply in relation to a correction or annotation made by a registrar under Regulations 55 and 56 only if the correction or annotation is made after the registrar has certified a true copy of the original entry pursuant to section 26(1)(a) of the Act (quarterly returns).

• (3) Where a registrar has re-registered a birth under either section 10A , 14(1) or 14A of the Act²³ and the previous entry is in a register in the custody of a superintendent registrar the registrar shall within seven days of the re-registration provide the superintendent registrar with a certified copy of the new entry.

• (4) Where the information in a completed entry in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths exists in an electronic form approved by the Registrar General under the Act, then the information in a correction or annotation made under paragraph (1) must be incorporated into the information in that electronic form after the correction or annotation has been made.

PART XIII — BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES

Certificate of registration of birth

62

The form of certificate for the purposes of section 12 of the Act²⁴ (certificate by registrar that he has registered a birth) shall be form 20.

Application for short certificate of birth

63

• (1) Section 33 of the Act²⁵ (short certificates of birth) shall not apply in relation to still-births.

• (2) The particulars to be furnished on an application under section 33(1) of the Act for a short certificate of the birth (not being a still-birth) of any person shall be–

• (a) where that person has been adopted and the certificate is to be in respect of him as an adopted person–

• (i) his name and surname,

• (ii) the date of his birth,

• (iii) the name and surname of his adoptive parent(s),

• (iv) the date upon which, and the name of the court by which, the adoption order was made;

• (b) in any other case–

• (i) his name and surname,

• (ii) the date of his birth,

• (iii) the name and surname of his father or other parent,

• (iv) the name, surname and maiden surname of his mother, and

• (v) the place of his birth or the place at which his birth was registered.

• (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)–

• (a) no particulars shall be required if the application is made at the time of registering the birth;

• (b) any particulars may be omitted which, in the opinion of the person to whom the application is made, it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to furnish.

Form of short certificate of birth

64

The form of short certificate of birth to be issued under section 33 of the Act–

• (a) by a superintendent registrar or registrar, shall be form 21;

• (b) by the Registrar General, shall be form 22.

Compilation of short certificate of birth

65

• (1) A short certificate of birth under section 33 of the Act shall be compiled, from the records and registers in the custody of the Registrar General or from the registers in the custody of the superintendent registrar or registrar (as the case may be), in accordance with the following provisions of this Regulation.

• (2) In the case of a certificate in form 21–

• (a) opposite the words “Name and Surname” there shall be entered–

• (i) where the name and surname are recorded in the birth entry, that name and surname (being, in a case where these are recorded in both spaces 2 and 17 of form 1, the name and surname recorded in space 17),

• (ii) where the person’s name but not his surname is recorded in the entry, that name (being in a case where this is recorded in both columns 2 and 10 of the entry, the name recorded in column 10) followed immediately, if the entry contains a surname which appears from the entry to have been used by his father or his mother at or after the date of birth, by that surname;

• (b) opposite the words “Sex” and “Date of Birth” respectively there shall be inserted the relevant particulars from the birth entry;

• (c) opposite the words “Place of Birth” there shall be inserted the names of the registration district and sub-district in which the birth was registered,

so however that if the place of birth is not recorded in the birth entry, the superintendent registrar or registrar shall remit the application to the Registrar General.

• (3) In the case of a certificate in form 22 (not being a certificate to which regulation 66 applies)–

• (a) opposite the words “Name and Surname” there shall be entered–

• (i) where the name and surname are recorded in the entry, that name and surname,

• (ii) where the person’s name but not his surname is recorded in the entry, that name followed immediately by–

• (aa) if the entry contains a surname which appears from the entry to have been used by his father or his mother at or after the date of birth, that surname, or

• (bb) if the entry contains the surname of his adopter or (as the case may be) his adopters, and the applicant so requests, that surname;

• (b) opposite the word “Sex” there shall be entered the relevant particulars contained in the birth entry;

• (c) opposite the words “Date of Birth” there shall be entered the date of birth recorded in the birth entry or, if no date is recorded, such date (if any) as may appear to the Registrar General from the information recorded in the birth entry to be the probable date of birth;

• (d) opposite the words “Place of Birth” there shall be entered such (if any) of the following particulars as may be appropriate–

• (i) where the register or other record containing the birth entry includes particulars of the registration district and sub-district in which the birth occurred or in which the birth is treated under any enactment as having occurred, the names of that registration district and sub-district,

• (ii) where the birth is recorded as having occurred on a British ship (within the meaning of section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894²⁶), the words “At Sea” followed by the name of the ship on which the birth occurred,

• (iii) where the birth is recorded as having occurred in an aircraft, the words “In an aircraft” followed by the particulars of the place of birth in the birth entry,

• (iv) in any other case where the birth entry contains particulars as to the place of birth, those particulars,

• (v) where the birth entry contains no particulars as to the place of birth, such particulars (if any) as to the country of birth as the Registrar General is satisfied can be obtained from any register or record in his custody.

Short certificate of birth in respect of certain children admitted to the Foundling Hospital

66

• (1) The form of short certificate of birth of a person in substitution for that set out in the Second Schedule to the Foundling Hospital Act 1953²⁷ (which provides for short certificates of birth for children admitted to the hospital before 30th January 1948 who on admission were given names and surnames different from those recorded on registration of their births), shall be form 22.

• (2) A certificate under paragraph (1) shall be compiled as follows–

• (a) opposite the words “Name and Surname” there shall be entered the name and surname given to the person on his admission to the Foundling Hospital;

• (b) opposite the word “Sex” there shall be entered the relevant particulars contained in the birth entry;

• (c) opposite the words “Date of Birth” there shall be entered the date of birth recorded in the birth entry or, if no date of birth is recorded, such date (if any) as may appear to the Registrar General from the information recorded in the entry to be the probable date of birth;

• (d) opposite the words “Place of Birth” there shall be entered particulars of the person’s country of birth.

Applications for certificate of birth or death for certain purposes

67

• (1) Where a person wishes to make an application for a certificate of a live-birth or death where any enactment specified in paragraph (2) applies the superintendent registrar or the registrar having custody of the register shall on request provide that person without charge with an approved form.

• (2) The enactments referred to in paragraph (1) are–

• (a) section 10 of the Savings Banks Act 1887²⁸;

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (d) section 106(1) of the Friendly Societies Act 1974²⁹.

Certificates of death for certain purposes

68

• (1) The relevant officer shall without charge provide with an approved form a person who wishes to apply for the issue of a certificate of death for the purposes ... of Schedule 5 to the 1974 Act.

• (2) A relevant officer shall not issue such a certificate to an applicant unless the applicant certifies in the application that–

• (a) he is the child, grandchild or stepchild of the person to whose death the application relates; and

• (b) he is entitled to claim under an insurance taken out by him on or after 1st January 1924 on the life of that person.

• (3) Except as provided in paragraph (4) more than one certificate of death shall not be issued to the same person for the purposes ... of Schedule 5 to the 1974 Act.

• (4) Where a person to whom a death certificate has been issued for the purposes ... Schedule 5 to the 1974 Act makes and delivers to the relevant officer a statutory declaration stating–

• (a) that the certificate has been lost or destroyed;

• (b) whether any endorsement has been made on the certificate and, if so, by what registered society, branch or company; and

• (c) that if the original is recovered he will surrender it for destruction to the superintendent registrar or the registrar,

the relevant officer shall issue to that person a duplicate of the certificate on an approved form.

• (5) Where the statutory declaration states that on the certificate which the duplicate replaces an endorsement has been made by a registered society, branch or company, the relevant officer shall record on the duplicate certificate a requirement that it is to be produced to that society, branch or company for the endorsement to be repeated on the duplicate.

• (6) Where a certificate of death is issued under this Regulation the relevant officer shall keep a record on an approved form of–

• (a) the number of the entry in the register in respect of which the certificate is issued;

• (b) the serial number of the certificate;

• (c) the name of the person to whom it was issued and his relationship to the deceased.

• (7) In this Regulation–

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) “the 1974 Act” means the Friendly Society Act 1974;

• (c) “the relevant officer” means the superintendent registrar or the registrar having custody of the register in which the death is registered.

PART XIV — MISCELLANEOUS

Information under the Population (Statistics) Act 1938

69

• (1) Where a draft of the particulars to be registered concerning a birth or death is prepared pursuant to Regulation 3, then, except in the case of–

• (a) the registration of the death of a child under the age of 16 years;

• (b) the registration of a ...birth or death which occurred more than 12 months previously;

• (c) the re-registration of a birth or death on the authority of the Registrar General,

the ... registrar concerned shall require the informant to furnish to him such other particulars specified in the Schedule to the Population (Statistics) Act 1938³⁰ as are appropriate to the registration and within his knowledge and shall enter the information so furnished on an approved form or, if he has one, on a computer.

• (2) The ... registrar concerned shall show or read to the informant the particulars entered on the approved form or, if he has one, on a computer and shall correct any error or omission.

Forms to be sent to the Registrar General

70

• (1) The registrar shall send to the Registrar General the draft of particulars prepared pursuant to Regulations 3 and 69–

• (a) in the case of a live-birth, not later than the Saturday of the week following the week in which he registered the birth; and

• (b) in the case of a still-birth or death, not later than the Saturday of the week in which he registered the still-birth or death.

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Quarterly returns

71

For the purposes of section 26(1) of the Act (quarterly returns to be made by registrars to superintendent registrars)–

• (a) the forms of a true copy of all the entries of live-births, still-births and deaths made in the registers during a period shall be forms 1, 9 and 13 respectively and any such copy shall be certified by the registrar completing a form in form 23, signing and dating the form in the space provided;

• (b) the form of certificate , unless section 26(1)(b)(ii) of the Act applies, that no birth, still-birth or death has been registered in a sub-district during that period shall be form 24.

Offences and proceedings

72

• (1) If it appears to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that any offence under or breach of–

• (a) the Act or the Population (Statistics) Act 1938³¹; or

• (b) so far as they relate to the registration of births and deaths, the Perjury Act 1911³² or the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981³³,

has been committed, he shall report the matter to the Registrar General and shall deliver to the Registrar General such documents in his possession relating to the offence or breach as the Registrar General may require.

• (2) Except with the authority of the Registrar General, a superintendent registrar shall not commence any proceedings in respect of an offence under the Act.

Revocations and transitional provisions

73

• (1) The regulations specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations are hereby revoked to the extent mentioned in column 3 of that Schedule.

• (2) Any form prescribed by any regulation revoked by paragraph (1) which is not also prescribed by any preceding provision of these Regulations but which is in use immediately before the commencement of these Regulations for any purpose for which these Regulations provide may continue to be used for that purpose as a prescribed form under these Regulations up to and including 31st December 1988.

SCHEDULE 1 — PROVISIONS CONFERRING POWERS EXERCISED IN MAKING THESE REGULATIONS

1

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926³⁵

2

Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948³⁷

3

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

4

Registration Service Act 1953⁴⁵

5

Foundling Hospital Act 1953⁴⁶

6

Welsh Language Act 1967⁴⁷

7

Friendly Societies Act 1974

8

Industrial Diseases (Notification) Act 1981⁴⁸

SCHEDULE 2 — PRESCRIBED FORMS

Form	Relevant Regulation	Description	Statutory purpose
1	7(1)	Particulars of live-birth	The Act (ie the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953), sections 1(1) and 5
2	8, 16, 17(3)(a)(ii)	Declaration/statement by mother for the registration/re-registration of a birth	The Act, sections 9(5), 10(b)(i), 10A(1)(b)(i)
3	14(1)(a)	Certificate that name was given in baptism	The Act, section 13(1)
4	14(1)(b)	Certificate that name was given other than in baptism	The Act, section 13(1)
5	17(3)(a)(i)	Statement by parent for the re-registration of a birth	The Act, sections 9(5), 10A(1)(a)
6	17(3)(a)(iii)	Statement by mother for the re-registration of a birth	The Act, sections 9(5), 10A(1)(c)
7	26(2)(a)	Particulars of birth at sea	The Act, section 14(4)
8	29	Particulars of birth of abandoned child	The Act, section 3A(2)(c)
9	31	Particulars of still-birth	The Act, sections 1(1) and 5
10	32(1)	Medical certificate of still-birth	The Act, section 11(1)(a)
11	32(2)	Declaration as to still-birth	The Act, section 11(1)(b)
12	38(1)	Certificate that registrar has registered still-birth	The Act, section 11(2)
13	39	Particulars of death	The Act, sections 15 and 20
. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
17	49(1)	Notification	Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, section 3(1)
18	49(3)	Declaration that certificate or order has been issued	Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, section 1(1)
19	52	Certificate that death is not required to be registered	The Act, section 24(2)
20	62	Certificate of registration of birth	The Act, section 12
21	64(a)	Short certificate of birth issued by superintendent registrar/registrar	The Act, section 33
22	64(b), 66(1)	Short certificate of birth issued by Registrar General	The Act, section 33; Foundling Hospital Act 1953, section 5(2)
22A	66B(a)	Short certificate of death issued by superintendent registrar/registrar	The Act, section 33A
22B	66B	Short certificate of death issued by Registrar General	The Act, section 33A
23	71(a)	Quarterly return of live-births, still-births and deaths	The Act, section 26(1)(a)
24	71(b)	Certificate of no registration	The Act, section 26(1)(b)

SCHEDULE 3 — REVOCATIONS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Regulations revoked	References	Extent of revocation
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968.	S.I. 1968/2049.	In Regulation 2(1), the definitions of “certificate of cause of death”, “description”, “entry”, “maiden surname”, “occupation” and “short certificate of birth”. Regulation 2(6). Regulation 3. Parts III to X. Parts XII and XIII. Parts XV and XVI.
The Birth Certificate (Shortened Form) Regulations 1968.	S.I. 1968/2050.	The whole Regulations.
The Registration of Births (Abandoned Children) Regulations 1976.	S.I. 1976/2080.	The whole Regulations.
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 1976.	S.I. 1976/2081.	Regulations 3 to 14.
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 1977.	S.I. 1977/1912.	The whole Regulations.
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 1982.	S.I. 1982/265.	The whole Regulations.
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1982.	S.I. 1982/955.	The whole Regulations.
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 1985.	S.I. 1985/568.	The whole Regulations.
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1985.	S.I. 1985/1133.	Regulations 3 to 7.
The Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986.	S.I. 1986/1442.	Regulation 21.

Signed

Given under my hand on 20th November 1987

G. T. Banks — Registrar General

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Skelmersdale — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Health and Social Security — 26th November 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations consolidate with minor amendments the provisions of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968 (“the 1968 Regulations”), and of subsequent amending regulations, relating to the registration of births and deaths. The consolidation also includes the Birth Certificate (Shortened Form) Regulations 1968 and the Registration of Births (Abandoned Children) Regulations 1976. The provisions of the 1968 Regulations relating to the registration of marriages were consolidated in the Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1442), and the only provisions of the 1968 Regulations remaining in force are therefore those relating to registration officers and accounting.

The Regulations prescribe forms and procedures in connection with the registration of births and deaths and deal in particular with the following matters–

general provisions as to registration of births and deaths (Regulations 3 to 6);

registration of live-births (Regulations 7 to 14);

re-registration of births of children whose parents were not married to each other (Regulations 15 to 18);

re-registration of births of legitimated persons (Regulations 19 to 26);

birth records of adopted children (Regulations 27 and 28);

registration of births of abandoned children (Regulations 29 and 30);

registration of still-births and disposal of bodies of still-born children (Regulations 31 to 38);

registration of deaths and disposal of bodies of deceased persons (Regulations 39 to 52);

correction of errors in entries in registers (Regulations 53 to 61);

birth and death certificates (Regulations 62 to 68);

miscellaneous (including revocation of the regulations included in the consolidation) (Regulations 69 to 73).

Among the changes of substance are the introduction of an additional category of minor clerical errors which are to be corrected without reference to the Registrar General (Regulation 56) and the omission in Regulation 67 (applications for certificate of birth or death for certain purposes) of reference to purposes for which provision is clearly made by other legislation. In addition provision is made that the form of certificate of cause of death, and of the related notice, prescribed by the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987 may be used where the place of death is in England but the certificate is issued in Wales.

Footnotes

Editorial notes