The Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1987-11-26
Last updated 1988-01-01
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Made: 26th November 1987

Coming into force: 1st January 1988

The Registrar General in exercise of the powers conferred on her by Schedule 1 to this instrument, as extended by sections 2(2) and 3(2) of the Welsh Language Act 1967[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, with the concurrence and approval of the Secretary of State for Wales[^f00002], hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

Prescribed forms for registration of births and deaths

2

Subject to the provisions of regulation 6(2) of these Regulations, in relation to births and deaths occurring in Wales–

Prescribed words

3

Where a regulation in the principal Regulations specified in column (1) of Schedule 3 to these Regulations requires the use of a form of words set out in column (2), the form of words set out opposite thereto in column (3) shall be used in any Welsh version.

Registration and re-registration of live-births occurring in Wales

4

Registration of still-births occurring in Wales

5

the registrar shall, subject to paragraph (3), enter the particulars in both English and Welsh.

and where the particulars in space 2 are entered in Welsh as well as in English the registrar shall also enter the Welsh version of any words prescribed by regulation 34(2)(b)(i) or 35(2).

Registration of deaths occurring in Wales

6

the registrar shall, subject to paragraph (4), enter the particulars in both English and Welsh.

Correction of errors in birth and death entries

7

Where an error requires to be corrected in an entry in a register of births or deaths kept in Wales, the marginal note specified by regulation 54(1)(e), 55(3), 56(2), 57(3) or (4), 58(2)(b) or 59(2) or (3)(b) (as the case may be) of the principal Regulations shall be entered in English if the error occurs in particulars entered in English and in Welsh if the error occurs in particulars entered in Welsh.

Short certificate of birth

8

form 18 shall be the prescribed form in place of form 22 in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations and regulation 64(b) of those Regulations shall have effect as if it referred not to the latter form but to form 18.

Discrepancies

9

In the case of any discrepancy between an English text and a Welsh text permitted by these Regulations, the English text shall prevail.

Certified copies

10

Where a certified copy of an entry in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths containing English only, or in a certified copy of such a register, is made on a form containing both English and Welsh but the particulars in the original entry and those entered in the certified copy of that entry do not differ in any other respect the certified copy shall be treated as a true copy of the original entry.

Revocations

11

The regulations specified in Schedule 4 to these Regulations are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE 1 — PROVISIONS CONFERRING POWERS EXERCISED IN MAKING THESE REGULATIONS

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Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926[^f00006]

2

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

3

Registration Service Act 1953[^f00015]

4

Industrial Diseases (Notification) Act 1981[^f00016]

SCHEDULE 2 — PRESCRIBED FORMS

Form Description Statutory purpose Corresponding form in principal regulations
1 Particulars of live-birth The Act (ie the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953), sections 1(1) and 5 1
2 Declaration/statement by mother for registration/re-registration of a birth The Act, sections 9(5), 10(b)(i), 10A(1)(b)(i) 2
3 Certificate that name was given in baptism The Act, section 13(1) 3
4 Certificate that name was given other than in baptism The Act, section 13(1) 4
5 Statement by parent for re-registration of birth The Act, sections 9(5) and 10A(1)(a) 5
6 Statement by mother for re-registration of birth The Act, section 9(5) 6
7 Particulars of still-birth The Act, sections 1(1) and 5 9
8 Medical certificate of still-birth The Act, section 11(1)(a) 10
9 Declaration as to still-birth The Act, section 11(1)(b) 11
10 Particulars of death The Act, sections 15 and 20 13
11 Medical certificate of cause of death except for child dying within 28 days of birth The Act, section 22(1) 14
12 Medical certificate of cause of death for child dying within 28 days of birth The Act, section 22(1) 15
13 Medical practitioner’s notice to informant of death The Act, section 22(2) 16
14 Notification Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, section 3(1) 17
15 Declaration that certificate or order has been issued Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, section 1(1) 18
16 Certificate of registration of birth The Act, section 12 20
17 Short certificate of birth issued by superintendent registrar/registrar The Act, section 33 21
18 Short certificate of birth issued by Registrar General The Act, section 33 22

FORM 1 — PARTICULARS OF BIRTH

FORM 2 — DECLARATION/STATEMENT FOR THE REGISTRATION/RE-REGISTRATION OF A BIRTH

FORM 3 — CERTIFICATE THAT NAME WAS GIVEN IN BAPTISM

FORM 4 — CERTIFICATE THAT NAME WAS GIVEN OTHERWISE THAN IN BAPTISM

FORM 5 — STATEMENT BY PARENT FOR THE RE-REGISTRATION OF A BIRTH

FORM 6 — STATEMENT BY MOTHER FOR THE RE-REGISTRATION OF A BIRTH

FORM 7 — PARTICULARS OF STILL-BIRTH

FORM 8 — MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF STILL-BIRTH

FORM 9 — DECLARATION AS TO STILL-BIRTH

FORM 10 — PARTICULARS OF DEATH

FORM 11 — MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF CAUSE OF DEATH EXCEPT FOR CHILD DYING WITH 28 DAYS OF BIRTH

FORM 12 — MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILD DYING WITH 28 DAYS OF BIRTH

FORM 13 — MEDICAL PRACTITIONER'S NOTICE TO INFORMANT OF DEATH

FORM 14 — NOTIFICATION

FORM 15 — DECLARATION THAT CERTIFICATE OR ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED

FORM 16 — CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF BIRTH

FORM 17 — FORM OF SHORT BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR ISSUE BY A SUPERINTENDENT REGISTRAR OR REGISTRAR

FORM 18 — FORM OF SHORT CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH FOR ISSUE BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

SCHEDULE 3

(1) (2) (3)
Regulations Form of words required Welsh version
Reg. 5 The mark (or signature) of Nod (neu Llofnod)
Reg. 9(4)(a) now nawr
afterwards wedyn
Reg. 9(5)(b) deceased ymadawedig
Reg. 9(5)(c) now nawr
Reg. 9(6)(a) now nawr
afterwards wedyn
Reg. 10(b)(ii) Statutory declaration made by … on … Datganiad statudol a wnaethpwyd gan … ar y …
Reg. 10(b)(iii) Pursuant to section 10(c) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Yn unol ag adran 10(c) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Reg. 12(4) On the authority of the Registrar General Dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 13(4)(b)(i) by declaration dated … trwy ddatganiad dyddiedig y …
Reg. 13(4)(b)(ii) Statutory declaration made by … on … Datganiad statudol a wnaethpwyd gan … ar y …
Reg. 13(4)(b)(ii) Pursuant to section 10(c) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Yn unol ag adran 10(c) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Reg. 13(5)(c)(iii) On the authority of the Registrar General Dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 14(2)(a) by baptism on … trwy fedydd ar y …
Reg. 14(2)(b) on certificate of naming dated … ar dystysgrif enwi dyddiedig y …
Reg. 17(2)(b)(i) Statutory declaration made by … on … Datganiad statudol a wnaethpwyd gan … ar y …
Reg. 17(2)(b)(ii) Pursuant to section 10A(1)(c) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Yn unol ag adran 10A(1)(c) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Reg. 17(2)(c) On the authority of the Registrar General Dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 17(4)(b)(i) by declaration dated … trwy ddatganiad dyddiedig y …
Reg. 17(4)(b)(ii) Pursuant to section 10A(1)(c) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Yn unol ag adran 10A(1)(c) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Reg. 17(4)(c) On the authority of the Registrar General Dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 18 Re-registered under section 10A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 on … Ail-gofrestrwyd dan adran 10A Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 ar y …
Reg. 20(3)(b) father tad
mother mam
Reg. 20(3)(c) On the authority of the Registrar General Dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 22(b) father tad
mother mam
Reg. 22(c) by declaration dated … trwy ddatganiad dyddiedig y …
Reg. 22(d) On the authority of the Registrar General Dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 23(b) On the authority of the Registrar General Dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 30 Re-registered under section 3A(5) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 on … Ail-gofrestrwyd dan adran 3A(5) Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 ar y …
Reg. 34(2)(a)(i) Found at … on … Daethpwyd o hyd i'r corff … ar …
Reg. 34(2)(b)(i) Certified by … Registered Midwife Tystiwyd gan … Bydwraig Gofrestredig
Reg. 34(2)(b)(2) Declaration by informant Datganiad gan hysbysydd
Reg. 35 Certified by … after post-mortem held by direction of … Tystiwyd gan … ar ôl post-mortem a gynhaliwyd yn ôl cyfarwyddyd …
Reg. 36(1)(b) Certificate after inquest held on … Tystysgrif ar ôl cwest a gynhaliwyd ar …
Reg. 42(2)(a) Aged … Oed …
Reg. 42(2)(b) Found dead … Cafwyd yn farw …
Reg. 42(2)(c) On or about … Ar neu oddeutu …
Reg. 42(2)(d) Deceased found on … Daethpwyd o hyd i'r ymadawedlg ar …
Reg. 42(3)(a) Son (or daughter) of …and, now, afterwards mab (neu merch) … a, nawr, wedyn
Reg. 42(3)(b) wife (or widow) of … gwraig (neu gweddw) …
Reg. 42(4) Certified by … Tystiwyd gan …
Reg. 43(2) Certified by … after post-mortem without inquest Tystiwyd gan … ar ôl post-mortem heb gwest
Reg. 44(a) Post-mortem without inquest held by the direction of … and cause of death disclosed as … Post-mortem heb gwest a gynhaliwyd yn ôl cyfarwyddyd … a datgelwyd mai achos y farwolaeth oedd ..
Reg. 45(b)(i) Certificate received from … Inquest held … Tystysgrif a dderbyniwyd oddi wrth Cynhaliwyd cwest ar …
Reg. 45(b)(ii) Certificate on inquest adjourned received from … Tystysgrif ar gwest a ohiriwyd a dderbyniwyd oddi wrth …
Reg. 47(6) On the authority of the Registrar General Dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 54(1)(d) one un
Reg. 54(1)(e) The particulars in … and … inadvertently transposed Trawsddodwyd y manylion yn … a … yn ddamweiniol
Reg. 55(3) Error in … corrected on … by me … Registrar Camgymeriad yn … a gywirwyd ar … gennyf i … Cofrestrydd
Reg. 55(4) Error in … corrected on … by me … Superintendent Registrar Camgymeriad yn … a gywirwyd ar … gennyf i … Cofrestrydd Arolygol
Reg. 56(2) Error in … corrected on … by me … Registrar, in the presence of … and Superintendent Registrar Camgymeriad yn … a gywirwyd ar … gennyf i … Cofrestrydd, yng ngŵydd … a … Cofrestrydd Arolygol
Error in … corrected on … by me … Superintendent Registrar, in the presence of … Camgymeriad yn … a gywirwyd ar … gennyf i … Cofrestrydd Arolygol, yng ngŵydd …
Reg. 57(3) Error in … corrected on … … by me … Superintendent Registrar (or Registrar) in the presence of … on the authority of the Registrar General Camgymeriad yn … a gywirwyd ar … … gennyf i … Cofrestrydd Arolygol (neu Cofrestrydd) yng ngŵydd … dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 57(4) Error in … corrected on … by me … Superintendent Registrar (or Registrar) on the authority of the Registrar General Camgymeriad yn … a gywirwyd ar … … gennyf i … Cofrestrydd (neu Cofrestrydd Arolygol) dan awdurdod y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol
Reg. 58(2)(b) In No … in … for … read … Corrected on … … by me … Superintendent Registrar (or Registrar) on production of a statutory declaration made by …and … Yn Rhif … yn … yn lle … darllener … Cywirwyd ar … … gennyf i … Cofrestrydd Arolygol (neu Cofrestrydd) ar ôl i mi weld datganiad cyfreithiol a wnaethpwyd gan … a …
Reg. 59(2) Error in … corrected on … … by me … Superintendent Registrar (or Registrar) on receipt of notification from the Coroner Camgymeriad yn … a gywirwyd ar y … … gennyf i … Cofrestrydd Arolygol (neu Cofrestrydd) ar ôl cael hysbysiad oddi wrth y Crwner
Reg. 59(3)(b) In No … in … for … read … Corrected on … … by me … Superintendent Registrar (or Registrar) on the authority of a certificate from the Coroner Yn Rhif … yn … yn lle … darllener … Cywirwyd ar y … … gennyf i … Cofrestrydd Arolygol (neu Cofrestrydd) dan awdurdod tystysgrif oddi wrth y Crwner

SCHEDULE 4 — REVOCATIONS

(1) (2)
Regulations revoked References
The Registration of Births, Still-births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1969. S.I. 1969/203.
The Registration of Births, Still-births and Deaths (Welsh Language) and the Registration of Marriages (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 1974. S.I. 1974/572.
The Registration of Births, Still-births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 1976. S.I. 1976/2092.
The Registration of Births, Still-births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 1982. S.I. 1982/266.
The Registration of Births, Still-births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 1985. S.I. 1985/569.
The Registration of Births, Still-births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1985. S.I. 1985/1134.

Signed

Given under my hand on 20th November 1987.

G. T. Banks — Registrar General

I concur and approve,

Peter Walker — Secretary of State for Wales — 26th November 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations consolidate with minor amendments the Registration of Births, Still-births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1969, and subsequent amending regulations which are revoked.

The Regulations prescribe forms in English and Welsh for use in Wales in place of forms prescribed under the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (“the 1987 Regulations”) which are in English only (regulations 2 and 8 and Schedule 2) and they specify the conditions for the registration of births and deaths in Welsh as well as English (regulations 4–6) and the form of Welsh wording to be used (regulations 3 and Schedule 3). Provision is also made for the correction of errors in birth and death entries (regulation 7); for the issue of short certificates of birth for births which occurred in Wales (regulation 8); and for the English text to prevail in the case of any discrepancy (regulation 9). A change of substance is made in regulation 6 (registration of deaths occurring in Wales) the form of the certificate of cause of death, and of the related notice, prescribed by the 1987 Regulations may be used where the certificate is issued in England but the place of death is in Wales. In addition provision is made for a certified copy made on a bilingually printed form to be treated as a true copy of the original entry notwithstanding that the original was in English only (regulation 10).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 66.

[^f00002]: The concurrence of the Secretary of State is required in relation to the exercise of the powers conferred by the provisions specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this instrument and his approval is required in relation to the exercise of the powers conferred by the provisions specified in the remaining paragraphs of the Schedule.

[^f00003]: 1953 c. 20.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1987/2088.

[^f00005]: Section 3A was inserted by section 92 of the Children Act 1975 (c. 72).

[^f00006]: 1926 c. 48.

[^f00007]: 1953 c. 20.

[^f00008]: 1975 c. 72.

[^f00009]: S.I. 1968/1242.

[^f00010]: 1969 c. 46.

[^f00011]: 1960 c. 32.

[^f00012]: 1979 c. 36.

[^f00013]: 1957 c. 39.

[^f00014]: 1973 c. 18.

[^f00015]: 1953 c. 37.

[^f00016]: 1981 c. 25.

Editorial notes

[^key-26fc3987ae3f8db93b65528e8676941b]: Reg. 6 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-0910e2a53be9c7cd52af132d44969853]: Reg. 4 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-5ef1764ef7a376374f4c4224f306a20e]: Reg. 5 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-5132fb896a574594da723c88c9da4a55]: Reg. 2 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-c8e79246697537b5700a9d07e7d7acf0]: Reg. 9 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-737ac6c3e11e74148e1a3b848e332e59]: Reg. 1 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-4d91e01db18ac215df07defc23fb208d]: Reg. 3 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-cf0a8f253e782987140c67b904db4b18]: Reg. 7 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-7831e60c8bebcbee26cd64d74c452744]: Reg. 8 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-201b8553c27181579f317ae033a667f1]: Reg. 10 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-267aab8a4e60a789aa411d79e788d67b]: Reg. 11 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-f51e34b35f3367176f39ff3406c54fb2]: Sch. 3 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-68f9197f13bd68156781af92611fa3eb]: Sch. 2 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-3c1c53adbaceccea8f71bebe95ef2144]: Sch. 1 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-7da025aa5d36227aa20420326d557780]: Sch. 4 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1(1)

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