The Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Made: 24th June 1992

Coming into force: 1st August 1992

The Registrar General, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 1(1), 10(1), 10A(1), 39 and 41 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953[^f00001], as extended by sections 2(2) and 3 of the Welsh Language Act 1967[^f00002], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the approval[^f00003] of the Secretary of State for Wales[^f00004], hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st August 1992.

• (2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987[^f00005] and unless the context otherwise requires any reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or the Schedule bearing that number in the principal Regulations.

Amendment of regulation 2

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In regulation 2(a) (prescribed forms for registration of births and deaths) for the words “that is to say forms 1 to 6” there shall be substituted the words “that is to say forms 1 to 6B”.

Amendment of Schedule 2

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In Schedule 2 (prescribed forms)—

• (a) in the contents, after the entry relating to form 6 there shall be inserted the following entries in the first, second, third and fourth columns respectively—

• (b) for form 6 there shall be substituted the form 6 in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations; and

• (c) after form 6 there shall be inserted forms 6A and 6B in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations.

Amendment of Schedule 3

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Schedule 3 (prescribed words)—

• (a) for the entry “Reg. 10(b)(ii)” in column 1 there shall be substituted the entry “Reg. 10(1)(b)(ii)”,

• (b) for the entry “Reg. 10(b)(iii)” in column 1 there shall be substituted the entry “Reg. 10(1)(b)(iii)”,

• (c) for the entry “Reg. 10(b)(iv)” in column 1 there shall be substituted the entry “Reg. 10(1)(b)(iv)”,

• (d) after that entry relating to regulation 10(1)(b)(iv) there shall be inserted the following entries in columns (1), (2) and (3) respectively—

• (e) in the second entry relating to regulation 13(4)(b)(ii) there shall be inserted under the entry “Pursuant to section 10(1)(d) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953” the following entries in columns (2) and (3) respectively—

• (f) after the entry relating to regulation 17(2)(b)(iii) there shall be inserted the following entries in columns (1), (2) and (3) respectively—

• (g) in the entry relating to regulation 17(4)(b)(ii) there shall be inserted under the entry “Pursuant to section 10A(1)(d) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953” the following entries in columns (2) and (3) respectively—

SCHEDULE

PART I

FORM 6

STATEMENT BY PARENT FOR THE RE-REGISTRATION OF A BIRTH

Regulation 2(a)

PART II

FORM 6A

DECLARATION BY PARENT ON REQUEST FOR THE REGISTRATION OF A BIRTH

Regulation 2(a)

FORM 6B

DECLARATION BY PARENT ON REQUEST FOR THE RE-REGISTRATION OF A BIRTH

Regulation 2(a)

Signed

Given under my hand on 24th June 1992

P. J. Wormald — Registrar General

I approve

David Hunt — Secretary of State for Wales — 24th June 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987 ( “the principal Regulations”).

Regulations 3 and 4 amend respectively Schedules 2 and 3 of the principal Regulations because of the coming into force on 14th October 1991 of paragraph 6 of Schedule 12 to the Children Act 1989. The amendments relate to registration or re-registration of the births of children whose parents are not married to each other. A consequential amendment is made to regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations by regulation 2 of these Regulations.

Regulation 4 also corrects a minor error in Schedule 3 to the principal regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1953 c. 20. See section 41 for the definitions “the Minister” and “prescribed”. Section 1(1) was amended by section 108 and paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 3 to the Children Act 1975 (c. 72). Sections 10 and 10A were substituted by sections 24 and 25 respectively of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42) and were further amended by section 108(4) and paragraph 6 of Schedule 12 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) ( see S.I. 1991/828 (c.19)).

[^f00002]: 1967 c. 66.

[^f00003]: The approval of the Secretary of State is required by virtue of section 39 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.

[^f00004]: Article 2 of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order ( see S.I. 1968/1699) transferred all functions of the Minister for Health to the Secretary of State for Social Services and Article 2(1) of the Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988 ( seeS.I. 1988/1843) transferred certain of those functions, including those in relation to the registration of births and deaths to the Secretary of State for Health.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1987/2089 amended by S.I. 1988/687 and 1989/511.